Lear's Self-discoveryUniversity of California Press, 1967 - 154 pages |
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Page 60
... Hamlet . But though Hamlet is radically different as a thinker from Lear , he is different in a significant way . We cannot appreciate Shakespeare's depiction of Lear's mentality without at least briefly studying his depiction of Hamlet's ...
... Hamlet . But though Hamlet is radically different as a thinker from Lear , he is different in a significant way . We cannot appreciate Shakespeare's depiction of Lear's mentality without at least briefly studying his depiction of Hamlet's ...
Page 61
... Hamlet is a genuinely searching kind of thinker . Unlike Richard II and Brutus , he does not impress us as self ... Hamlet is not primarily a drama of self - discovery.3 Though there is a ques- tion of identity in " To be , or not to be ...
... Hamlet is a genuinely searching kind of thinker . Unlike Richard II and Brutus , he does not impress us as self ... Hamlet is not primarily a drama of self - discovery.3 Though there is a ques- tion of identity in " To be , or not to be ...
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... Hamlet does not so much need to learn about himself as about the corrupt world in which he lives . The way in which Hamlet serves , as had no earlier play , as preparation for the depiction of thought in King Lear is in the way thinking ...
... Hamlet does not so much need to learn about himself as about the corrupt world in which he lives . The way in which Hamlet serves , as had no earlier play , as preparation for the depiction of thought in King Lear is in the way thinking ...
Contents
Some Renaissance Contexts | 12 |
The Emergence of Lear as Thinker | 44 |
Other Characters on the Rack | 83 |
Copyright | |
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