Weighing Delight and Dole: A Study of Comedy, Tragedy, and AnxietyThis work establishes a concept of anxiety reduction which is applied to a discussion of the literature on comedy and tragedy in order to propose new definitions of these genres. The results of this theoretical treatment are then employed in analyses of works of Shakespeare, Schiller, Buchner, Lessing, Cary, De Vries and Kafka." |
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Page 127
... prepare to die , nor does the audience prepare for his death , since his own death matters little to him ( 1.4.64-65 ) and ... preparation ( and seen only afterwards ) , Ophelia's death is not anticipated nor learned of until afterward ...
... prepare to die , nor does the audience prepare for his death , since his own death matters little to him ( 1.4.64-65 ) and ... preparation ( and seen only afterwards ) , Ophelia's death is not anticipated nor learned of until afterward ...
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... preparation is to steel oneself against catastrophe , with a release afterwards in loss and grief , but here , after an entire play soaked in grief , we emerge with Hamlet to a Pyr- rhic victory . Had the rest of the play consisted of a ...
... preparation is to steel oneself against catastrophe , with a release afterwards in loss and grief , but here , after an entire play soaked in grief , we emerge with Hamlet to a Pyr- rhic victory . Had the rest of the play consisted of a ...
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... preparation we associated with the catharsis of fear . Above this foundation of issues posed by our theory we proposed a delay theory based upon a social inhibition to killing , cued specifically by visual , especially facial presence ...
... preparation we associated with the catharsis of fear . Above this foundation of issues posed by our theory we proposed a delay theory based upon a social inhibition to killing , cued specifically by visual , especially facial presence ...
Contents
Comedy | 47 |
Tragedy | 81 |
Grief and Another Delay Theory Hamlet | 115 |
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