Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 2002年1月1日 - 283 頁 Readers of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies have long noted the absence of readily explainable motivations for some of Shakespeare's greatest characters: why does Hamlet delay his revenge for so long? Why does King Lear choose to renounce his power? Why is Othello so vulnerable to Iago's malice? But while many critics have chosen to overlook these omissions or explain them away, Millicent Bell demonstrates that they are essential elements of Shakespeare's philosophy of doubt. Examining the major tragedies, Millicent Bell reveals the persistent strain of philosophical skepticism. Like his contemporary, Montaigne, Shakespeare repeatedly calls attention to the essential unknowability of our world. In a period of social, political, and religious upheaval, uncertainty hovered over matters great and small--the succession of the crown, the death of loved ones from plague, the failure of a harvest. Tumultuous social conditions raised ultimate questions for Shakespeare, Bell argues, and ultimately provoked in him a skepticism which casts shadows of existential doubt over his greatest masterpieces. |
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... questions for Shakespeare , Bell argues , and ultimately provoked in him a philosophical skepticism which casts shadows of existential doubt over his greatest masterpieces . Millicent Bell is professor emerita of English literature at ...
... questions for Shakespeare , Bell argues , and ultimately provoked in him a philosophical skepticism which casts shadows of existential doubt over his greatest masterpieces . Millicent Bell is professor emerita of English literature at ...
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... question . He seems to have shared with Montaigne , his near - contemporary , not only general doubts of what had long been assumed about the universe and mankind but also doubt con- cerning the reliability of our own power to perceive ...
... question . He seems to have shared with Montaigne , his near - contemporary , not only general doubts of what had long been assumed about the universe and mankind but also doubt con- cerning the reliability of our own power to perceive ...
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... themselves , for a mind like Shakespeare's , upon ultimate questions , and promote the response of skepticism - as well as the resistance to it . Like everyone writing about Shakespeare today , I have learned Preface xiii.
... themselves , for a mind like Shakespeare's , upon ultimate questions , and promote the response of skepticism - as well as the resistance to it . Like everyone writing about Shakespeare today , I have learned Preface xiii.
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... question . Though Shakespeare makes character so vivid that it survives all inconsistency and seems almost to require no proof of itself , I shall argue that the plays flout traditional ideas about human selfhood as a known and ...
... question . Though Shakespeare makes character so vivid that it survives all inconsistency and seems almost to require no proof of itself , I shall argue that the plays flout traditional ideas about human selfhood as a known and ...
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... question in Troilus and Cressida , " What's aught but as ' tis valued ? " persists in his major tragedies despite Hector's answer to relativism , Value dwells not in particular will , It holds his estimate and dignity As well , wherein ...
... question in Troilus and Cressida , " What's aught but as ' tis valued ? " persists in his major tragedies despite Hector's answer to relativism , Value dwells not in particular will , It holds his estimate and dignity As well , wherein ...
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Hamlet Revenge | 29 |
Othellos Jealousy | 80 |
Unaccommodated Lear | 138 |
Macbeths Deeds | 191 |
The Roman Frame | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |
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