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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 Bradley Bradley's brain called Cassio cause chapter characters choler complexion Cordelia courage cries death deeds Desdemona desire devil discussion doth Elizabethan English envy evil explains fall of princes father fear fortune French Academie ghost Gloucester Goneril grief Hamlet hate hath hear heart Holland's Plutarch Horatio humours Iago Iago's Ibid ideas imitation judgement justice Kent kill King Lear Lady Macbeth Laertes Lavater lust Macduff madness maner melan melancholy adust mind moral philosophy mortal sin murder naturall nature Othello passion play Plutarch Polonius punishment reason Renaissance revenge says scene seems Seneca Shakespeare Shakespearean tragedy shame shew soliloquy soul speak speech spirits supernatural teaching temper thee theme things Thomas thou thought tragic hero translation Treatise unto vengeance vertue vices villain virtue witches wrath