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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... scene 3 , a scene that has been largely ignored or dismissed by critics . Of all the scenes in Macbeth , this scene is most difficult to place within the thematic framework of the play . Malcolm attempts to persuade Macduff that he is ...
... scene 3 , a scene that has been largely ignored or dismissed by critics . Of all the scenes in Macbeth , this scene is most difficult to place within the thematic framework of the play . Malcolm attempts to persuade Macduff that he is ...
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... scene 2 might be extended - What does the tyrant want ? One may either interpret Malcolm's self - libel to Macduff ... scene was needed to supplement the meager parts assigned to Malcolm and Macduff . " 4 A. W. Ver- ity , in his notes to ...
... scene 2 might be extended - What does the tyrant want ? One may either interpret Malcolm's self - libel to Macduff ... scene was needed to supplement the meager parts assigned to Malcolm and Macduff . " 4 A. W. Ver- ity , in his notes to ...
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... scene takes place between the execution of Lady Macduff and her children - the most pathetic instance of Macbeth's increasing inhumanity in the play - and Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene , with commentary by another doctor . The ...
... scene takes place between the execution of Lady Macduff and her children - the most pathetic instance of Macbeth's increasing inhumanity in the play - and Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene , with commentary by another doctor . The ...
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