Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 2Laurie Lanzen Harris Gale Research Company, 1984 - 591 pages This volume includes plot summaries, character profiles, criticism of the works and sources for further study. |
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... tragedy of hubris , but the tragedy of penance . When Lear , the archetype not of a proud , but of a penitential man , brutally dies , then the uttermost that can happen to man has happened . One can rationalize a passing pedestrian ...
... tragedy of hubris , but the tragedy of penance . When Lear , the archetype not of a proud , but of a penitential man , brutally dies , then the uttermost that can happen to man has happened . One can rationalize a passing pedestrian ...
Page 246
... tragedy such as : human fate , the meaning of existence , freedom and inevitability , the discrepancy between the absolute and the fragile human order . Grotesque means tragedy re - written in different terms . Maurice Regnault's ...
... tragedy such as : human fate , the meaning of existence , freedom and inevitability , the discrepancy between the absolute and the fragile human order . Grotesque means tragedy re - written in different terms . Maurice Regnault's ...
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... tragedy of order , with Gloucester the martyred father , Edmund the rebel - figure , and Edgar the ne- mesis . Its general context is that of the original sin in which the killing of the father becomes a central symbol of guilt : as ...
... tragedy of order , with Gloucester the martyred father , Edmund the rebel - figure , and Edgar the ne- mesis . Its general context is that of the original sin in which the killing of the father becomes a central symbol of guilt : as ...
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