Shakespeare's Tragic SkepticismYale University Press, 01.01.2002 - 283 Seiten 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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... . In a word , a skeptic . Shakespeare , of course , the creator of Hamlet , who seems to see either man or woman not only as a quintessence of dust but also as the paragon of animals— " noble in reason , infinite Introduction 3.
... . In a word , a skeptic . Shakespeare , of course , the creator of Hamlet , who seems to see either man or woman not only as a quintessence of dust but also as the paragon of animals— " noble in reason , infinite Introduction 3.
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Millicent Bell. the paragon of animals— " noble in reason , infinite in faculties , in form and moving how express and admirable , in action how like an angel , in apprehension how like a god " -is hardly himself to be identified with ...
Millicent Bell. the paragon of animals— " noble in reason , infinite in faculties , in form and moving how express and admirable , in action how like an angel , in apprehension how like a god " -is hardly himself to be identified with ...
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... reason , for both agreed that one could not arrive by one's own powers of mind at true interpretations of Scripture , as the Re- formers were saying . But the Protestant leaders wrote tracts attack- ing the skepticism of Rome . And the ...
... reason , for both agreed that one could not arrive by one's own powers of mind at true interpretations of Scripture , as the Re- formers were saying . But the Protestant leaders wrote tracts attack- ing the skepticism of Rome . And the ...
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Millicent Bell. our reason is a weak instrument . " All our wisdome is but folly be- fore God ; that of all vanities ... reason to suspect that Montaigne's faith was not sin- cere — perhaps even passionate — precisely because it existed ...
Millicent Bell. our reason is a weak instrument . " All our wisdome is but folly be- fore God ; that of all vanities ... reason to suspect that Montaigne's faith was not sin- cere — perhaps even passionate — precisely because it existed ...
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... reason , that we ascribe the facilitie of beleeving and easines of perswasion , unto sim- plicitie and ignorance . . . . Forasmuch therefore , as the minde being most emptie and without counterpoize , so much the more easily doth it ...
... reason , that we ascribe the facilitie of beleeving and easines of perswasion , unto sim- plicitie and ignorance . . . . Forasmuch therefore , as the minde being most emptie and without counterpoize , so much the more easily doth it ...
Inhalt
Hamlet Revenge | 29 |
Othellos Jealousy | 80 |
Unaccommodated Lear | 138 |
Macbeths Deeds | 191 |
The Roman Frame | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |
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