Shakespeare 400: Essays by American Scholars on the Anniversary of the Poet's BirthJames Gilmer McManaway Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964 - 323 pages |
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Page 91
... tragic experience , to fall into a pat structure . Francis Fergusson's well known statement of the tragic rhythm of Oedipus " purpose - passion - perception " -is so attractive a formulation that it would be easy to think it universal ...
... tragic experience , to fall into a pat structure . Francis Fergusson's well known statement of the tragic rhythm of Oedipus " purpose - passion - perception " -is so attractive a formulation that it would be easy to think it universal ...
Page 211
... tragic flaw . The answer can be only a strong denial . Hamlet's choice in setting the mousetrap may be existenti- ally tragic , but it is not tragic in any sense known to Shakespeare or his con- temporaries . No ethical issue is raised ...
... tragic flaw . The answer can be only a strong denial . Hamlet's choice in setting the mousetrap may be existenti- ally tragic , but it is not tragic in any sense known to Shakespeare or his con- temporaries . No ethical issue is raised ...
Page 212
... tragic outcome . There is no reason why Hamlet cannot still outwit Claudius and take his revenge in safety . That Claudius could not rise from the grave to kill Hamlet in the catastrophe if he had been slain at his prayers is obvious ...
... tragic outcome . There is no reason why Hamlet cannot still outwit Claudius and take his revenge in safety . That Claudius could not rise from the grave to kill Hamlet in the catastrophe if he had been slain at his prayers is obvious ...
Contents
James G McManaway Preface v | 17 |
John F Fleming A Book from Shakespeares Library | 25 |
Irving Ribner Marlowe and Shakespeare | 41 |
Copyright | |
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