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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第 6 到 10 筆結果,共 84 筆
第 7 頁
... seems to refer to contem- porary astronomical perturbations and their effect on the public mood in all of his major tragedies . Taking note of the unnatu- ral terrors of various sorts that accompanied the death of the old King Hamlet ...
... seems to refer to contem- porary astronomical perturbations and their effect on the public mood in all of his major tragedies . Taking note of the unnatu- ral terrors of various sorts that accompanied the death of the old King Hamlet ...
第 9 頁
... seem without origin in the will and character of any person — and was , indeed , a threat to the idea of moral responsi- bility ... seems in Shakespeare's plays , as it often seemed in common expe- rience , to be impenetrable . Socially ...
... seem without origin in the will and character of any person — and was , indeed , a threat to the idea of moral responsi- bility ... seems in Shakespeare's plays , as it often seemed in common expe- rience , to be impenetrable . Socially ...
第 20 頁
... seems not to have been any more specific notice of the relation of Shake- speare and Montaigne until the eighteenth century , when the edi- tor Edward Capell drew attention to the way The Tempest seems almost to put into verse parts of ...
... seems not to have been any more specific notice of the relation of Shake- speare and Montaigne until the eighteenth century , when the edi- tor Edward Capell drew attention to the way The Tempest seems almost to put into verse parts of ...
第 21 頁
... seems al- most certain , it is really more important to notice the common interest Shakespeare and Montaigne had in the theme of the " natu- ral " versus the " civilized , " expressed in both the " Caniballes " essay and The Tempest ...
... seems al- most certain , it is really more important to notice the common interest Shakespeare and Montaigne had in the theme of the " natu- ral " versus the " civilized , " expressed in both the " Caniballes " essay and The Tempest ...
第 24 頁
... seems to act out his revenge as though it has been a wearisome role in a stale play , remains the " sweet prince " whom Horatio blesses at the end . The character of Hamlet illus- trates , as we shall see , the effect of a double view ...
... seems to act out his revenge as though it has been a wearisome role in a stale play , remains the " sweet prince " whom Horatio blesses at the end . The character of Hamlet illus- trates , as we shall see , the effect of a double view ...
內容
Hamlet Revenge | 29 |
Othellos Jealousy | 80 |
Unaccommodated Lear | 138 |
Macbeths Deeds | 191 |
The Roman Frame | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |
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