Everybody's Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the TragediesEverybody's Shakespeare brings the insights and wisdom of one of the finest Shakespearean scholars of our century to the task of surveying why the Bard continues to flourish in modern times. Mack treats individually seven plays--Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Cesar, and Antony and Cleopatra--and demonstrates in each case how the play has retained its vitality, complexity, and appeal. |
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... relations , for assurance . " Bernardo ? " " Have you had quiet guard ? " " Who hath relieved you ? " " What , is Horatio there ? " " What , has this thing ... relation of reality to appearance . The III " THE READINESS IS ALL " : HAMLET.
... relations , for assurance . " Bernardo ? " " Have you had quiet guard ? " " Who hath relieved you ? " " What , is Horatio there ? " " What , has this thing ... relation of reality to appearance . The III " THE READINESS IS ALL " : HAMLET.
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... relation " as the ultimate reality for human beings also expresses itself strongly in the plot of King Lear and in ... relations of service and of family- the two relations , as W. H. Auden has reminded us in an arresting essay , from ...
... relation " as the ultimate reality for human beings also expresses itself strongly in the plot of King Lear and in ... relations of service and of family- the two relations , as W. H. Auden has reminded us in an arresting essay , from ...
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... relation - to define it , resist it even in order to protect it , honor it , or destroy it . Humanity's tragic fate , as King Lear presents it , comes into being with our entry into relatedness , which is our entry into humanity . In ...
... relation - to define it , resist it even in order to protect it , honor it , or destroy it . Humanity's tragic fate , as King Lear presents it , comes into being with our entry into relatedness , which is our entry into humanity . In ...
Contents
Audience and Play | 13 |
Play and History | 39 |
The Ambiguities of Romeo and Juliet | 69 |
Copyright | |
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