Tyranny in ShakespeareLexington Books, 2001 - 180 sayfa Even the most explicitly political contemporary approaches to Shakespeare have been uninterested by his tyrants as such. But for Shakespeare, rather than a historical curiosity or psychological aberration, tyranny is a perpetual political and human problem. Mary Ann McGrail's recovery of the playwright's perspective challenges the grounds of this modern critical silence. She locates Shakespeare's expansive definition of tyranny between the definitions accepted by classical and modern political philosophy. Is tyranny always the worst of all possible political regimes, as Aristotle argues in his Politics? Or is disguised tyranny, as Machiavelli proposes, potentially the best regime possible? These competing conceptions were practiced and debated in Renaissance thought, given expression by such political actors and thinkers as Elizabeth I, James I, Henrie Bullinger, Bodin, and others. McGrail focuses on Shakespeare's exploration of the conflicting and contradictory passions that make up the tyrant and finds that Shakespeare's dramas of tyranny rest somewhere between Aristotle's reticence and Machiavelli's forthrightness. Literature and politics intersect in Tyranny in Shakespeare, which will fascinate students and scholars of both. |
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... Malcolm of two things . First , that he is not Macbeth's spy , and second that his allegiance is to a proper occupant of the throne , not just to anyone with a legitimate claim . Macduff's quarrel with Macbeth is not an individual one ...
... Malcolm of two things . First , that he is not Macbeth's spy , and second that his allegiance is to a proper occupant of the throne , not just to anyone with a legitimate claim . Macduff's quarrel with Macbeth is not an individual one ...
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... Malcolm is more cautious than Duncan , and Macduff is more cautious than Banquo , less ambitious than Macbeth . Malcolm is a more prudent states- man than his father and Macduff is a soldier whose ambitions are circumscribed by his ...
... Malcolm is more cautious than Duncan , and Macduff is more cautious than Banquo , less ambitious than Macbeth . Malcolm is a more prudent states- man than his father and Macduff is a soldier whose ambitions are circumscribed by his ...
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... Malcolm on the basis of military valor or proven merit . We know from the first that , while Macbeth and Banquo are fighting against all odds , Malcolm has been captured by the enemy and has barely been saved . In act 1 , scene 2 we get ...
... Malcolm on the basis of military valor or proven merit . We know from the first that , while Macbeth and Banquo are fighting against all odds , Malcolm has been captured by the enemy and has barely been saved . In act 1 , scene 2 we get ...
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