The Personality of Shakespeare: A Venture in Psychological MethodFirst of all, as the title indicates, I am concerned with exploring a method. This method derives from the theory of personality projection. It is quantitative in part, but its operation depends, as everything in science does, upon a human observer and assessor. With regard to the personality of Shakespeare, I should like to make it plain that I have not attempted to be comprehensive and final. I do not see how we can be comprehensive and final with regard to any personality. Here, in studying Shakespeare, I have been deliberately fragmentary, limiting myself to a mere handful of questions. In particular, I have not tried to analyze the plays as artistic wholes in their entire complexity, but have only traced out a few general characteristics and a few patterns, which I have called "themes," occurring in more than one play. My analysis has focused on the dramatis personae and their interrelations. - Preface. |
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... hero after hero . To be sure , one after another these heroes come to ruin ; but they are magnificent while they last . At first the reliance of these characters is on cunning policy and the virtues of the warrior - courage , agility ...
... hero after hero . To be sure , one after another these heroes come to ruin ; but they are magnificent while they last . At first the reliance of these characters is on cunning policy and the virtues of the warrior - courage , agility ...
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... Hero , now engaged to be married to Claudio , is car- rying on a surreptitious affair with Borachio on the eve of the wedding and is in general a light wench . Don Pedro , who has as- sisted Claudio in his suit , and Claudio are both ...
... Hero , now engaged to be married to Claudio , is car- rying on a surreptitious affair with Borachio on the eve of the wedding and is in general a light wench . Don Pedro , who has as- sisted Claudio in his suit , and Claudio are both ...
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... Hero , and given it by a man unmotivated by any cause of quarrel with him . The evidence for Desdemona's infidelity is weakly cir- cumstantial ; for Hero's it is flagrantly direct . This is an important point , because it places more of ...
... Hero , and given it by a man unmotivated by any cause of quarrel with him . The evidence for Desdemona's infidelity is weakly cir- cumstantial ; for Hero's it is flagrantly direct . This is an important point , because it places more of ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
On Some Questions of Theory and Method | 15 |
AWEW Alls Well That Ends Well | 42 |
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