The Idea of Revenge in Shakespeare: With Special Reference to Hamlet |
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... Ophelia notices that Hamlet is behaving like one possess- ed by a ghost : As if he had been loosed out of hell To speak of horrors , ( II . i . 83-84 ) ' He seem'd ' , says Ophelia , ' to find his way without his eyes ' ( II . i . 98 ) ...
... Ophelia notices that Hamlet is behaving like one possess- ed by a ghost : As if he had been loosed out of hell To speak of horrors , ( II . i . 83-84 ) ' He seem'd ' , says Ophelia , ' to find his way without his eyes ' ( II . i . 98 ) ...
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... Ophelia's exclamation , ' we know what we are , but know not what we may be ' ( IV . v . 43-44 ) are but variants of the central theme of ' To be ' . ' From the " To be " speech ' , says Barbara Burge , ' the idea emerges that a man's ...
... Ophelia's exclamation , ' we know what we are , but know not what we may be ' ( IV . v . 43-44 ) are but variants of the central theme of ' To be ' . ' From the " To be " speech ' , says Barbara Burge , ' the idea emerges that a man's ...
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... Ophelia ' cannot be saved from contamination if she lives at the court . Hamlet is cruel to Ophelia in an attempt to save her from the universal corruption all around . Hamlet's words carry a great amount of self- revelation and self ...
... Ophelia ' cannot be saved from contamination if she lives at the court . Hamlet is cruel to Ophelia in an attempt to save her from the universal corruption all around . Hamlet's words carry a great amount of self- revelation and self ...
Contents
Foreword by Professor S C Sen Gupta | 1 |
The Pyrrhus Rehearsal | 7 |
Revenge in the Tragedies | 14 |
Copyright | |
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