Patterns in Shakespearian TragedyFirst published in 1960. Patterns in Shakespearian Tragedy is an exploration of man's relation to his universe and the way in which it seeks to postulate a moral order. Shakespeare's development is treated accordingly as a growth in moral vision. His movement from play to play is carefully explored, and in the treatment of each tragedy the emphasis is on the manner in which its central moral theme shapes the various elements of drama |
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... Iago . As a dramatic embodiment of a specific vice , the lechery which governs Tamora , Aaron affords the first clear example of the symbolic use of character which is to be so marked a feature of the great plays of Shakespeare's ...
... Iago . As a dramatic embodiment of a specific vice , the lechery which governs Tamora , Aaron affords the first clear example of the symbolic use of character which is to be so marked a feature of the great plays of Shakespeare's ...
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Contents
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King John Richard II Julius Caesar | 36 |
Hamlet | 65 |
Othello | 91 |
King Lear | 116 |
Timon of Athens and Macbeth | 137 |
Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus | 168 |
Index +55 14 36 65 91 116 137 168 | 203 |
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