Shakespeare's Tragic SequenceFirst published in 1972. The emphasis of this book is that each of Shakespeare's tragedies demanded its own individual form and that although certain themes run through most of the tragedies, nearly all critics refrain from the attempt to apply external rules to them. The plays are almost always concerned with one person; they end with the death of the hero; the suffering and calamity that befall him are exceptional; and the tragedies include the medieval idea of the reversal of fortune. |
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... sacrifice of Tamora's eldest son to the killing of Tamora herself—is similar to that in the Thyestes—Agamemnon story. If we wish to deplore Shakespeare's lack of taste in indulging in gratuitous horror, we should not blame him so much ...
... sacrifice of Tamora's eldest son to the killing of Tamora herself—is similar to that in the Thyestes—Agamemnon story. If we wish to deplore Shakespeare's lack of taste in indulging in gratuitous horror, we should not blame him so much ...
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Contents
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3 Julius Caesar
| 42 |
4 Hamlet
| 55 |
5 Othello
| 93 |
6 King Lear
| 117 |
7 Macbeth
| 142 |
8 Antony and Cleopatra
| 156 |
9 Coriolanus
| 172 |
10 Timon of Athens
| 187 |
Notes
| 197 |
Index | 205 |
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