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... tragedy and philosophy , tragedy and religion , must always have much in common . And if we are to find the meaning of Shake- speare's tragedies , we must find how men looked at this problem of evil in the day when these tragedies were ...
... tragedy and philosophy , tragedy and religion , must always have much in common . And if we are to find the meaning of Shake- speare's tragedies , we must find how men looked at this problem of evil in the day when these tragedies were ...
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... Tragedy , which he used as a preface to Troilus and Cressida , gave an illuminating summary of the currently accepted idea of the purpose of tragedy : To instruct delightfully is the general end of all poetry . Philosophy instructs ...
... Tragedy , which he used as a preface to Troilus and Cressida , gave an illuminating summary of the currently accepted idea of the purpose of tragedy : To instruct delightfully is the general end of all poetry . Philosophy instructs ...
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... tragedy as it gradually evolved from the first assumption that it was to teach by example the uncertainty of prosperity ; to the second assumption that it was to teach by example the sins that must be avoided if the destruction demanded ...
... tragedy as it gradually evolved from the first assumption that it was to teach by example the uncertainty of prosperity ; to the second assumption that it was to teach by example the sins that must be avoided if the destruction demanded ...
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action affections ambition anger appearance appetite Aristotle Banquo Blazon of Jealousie blood body brain Cassio cause chapter choler cold complexion Cordelia courage cries death deed Desdemona desire Devil discussion doth English envy evil excessive explains fall of princes father fear fortune French Academie fury ghost Gloucester Goneril grief Hamlet hate hath hear heart Holland's Plutarch honour humours Iago Ibid imitation judgement justice Kent King Lady Macbeth Laertes Lavater Lear Lucius Annaeus Seneca lust Macduff madness maner melan melancholy adust mind Mirror for Magistrates moral philosophy mortal sin murder naturall nature Newton night Ophelia Othello passion play Polonius punishment rage reason Renaissance revenge Roderigo says scene Seneca sensible soul Shakespeare shame shew sleep soliloquy sort speak speech spirits teaching temperate thee theme things thinking Thomas thou thought tragedy translation Treatise unto vengeance vertue vices virtue witches wrath