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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... relations . As a commentary on this reasoning may be mentioned a recent study of the drawings of the human face produced by patients from a psychological clinic . The patients comprised two groups - those who succeeded and those who ...
... relations . As a commentary on this reasoning may be mentioned a recent study of the drawings of the human face produced by patients from a psychological clinic . The patients comprised two groups - those who succeeded and those who ...
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... relations between groups , large and small , as in war . It has the sanction of law ( which in many of its rulings ... relation- ship entirely . This transcending pattern may also be considered a constant , though a very small constant ...
... relations between groups , large and small , as in war . It has the sanction of law ( which in many of its rulings ... relation- ship entirely . This transcending pattern may also be considered a constant , though a very small constant ...
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... relations between father and daughter in the plays is accompanied by some sexualization of the relationship : I refer especially to Pericles , Leontes , and Prospero . Considering the shift of emphasis from lover to father in the plays ...
... relations between father and daughter in the plays is accompanied by some sexualization of the relationship : I refer especially to Pericles , Leontes , and Prospero . Considering the shift of emphasis from lover to father in the plays ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
On Some Questions of Theory and Method | 15 |
AWEW Alls Well That Ends Well | 42 |
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