Shakespearean tragedy : lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

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Preface

Note to second and subsequent impressions

Introduction

Lecture I. Substance of Shakespearean Tragedy

Lecture II. Construction in Shakespeare's Tragedies

Lecture III. Shakespeare's Tragic Period

Hamlet

Lecture IV. Hamlet

Lecture V. Othello

Lecture VI. Othello

Lecture VII. King Lear

Lecture VIII. King Lear

Lecture IX. Macbeth

Lecture X. Macbeth

Note A. Events before the opening of the action in Hamlet

Note B. Where was Hamlet at the time of his father's death?

Note C. Hamlet's age

Note D. 'My tables

meet it is I set it down

Note E. Ghost in the cellarage

Note F. Player's speech In Hamlet

Note G. Hamlet's apology to Laertes

Note H. exchange of rapiers

Note I. duration of the action in Othello

Note J. 'additions' to Othello in the First Folio. The Pontic Sea

Note K. Othello's courtship

Note L. Othello in the Temptation scene

Note M. Questions as to Othello, IV.i

Note N. Two passages in the last scene of Othello

Note O. Othello on Desdemona's last words

Note P. Did Emilia suspect Iago?

Note Q. Iago's suspicion regarding Cassio and Emilia

Note R. Reminiscences of Othello in King Lear

Note S. King Lear and Timon of Athens

Note T. Did Shakespeare shorten King Lear?

Note U. Movements of the dramatis personae King Lear, II

Note V. Suspected interpolations in King Lear

Note W. staging of the scene of Lear's reunion with Cordelia

Note X. Battle in King Lear

Note Y. Some difficult passages in King Lear

Note Z. Suspected interpolations in MacBeth

Note AA. Has Macbeth been abridged?

Note BB. date of Macbeth. Metrical Tests

Note CC. When was the murder of Duncan first plotted?

Note DD. Did Lady Macbeth really faint?

Note EE. Duration of the action in Macbeth, Macbeth's age. 'He has no children

Note FF. Ghost of Banquo

Index

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A commentary on Tennyson's 'In memoriam'