The Music of the Close: The Final Scenes of Shakespeare's TragediesUniversity Press of Kentucky, 21. 10. 2021 - 240 strán (strany) In this book, Walter Foreman studies the closing scenes of Shakespeare's tragedies, considering the tragic structure of the plays and the shapes the tragic characters give their lives by the way they encounter death. Foreman sees in the variety of tragic endings of the plays evidence that Shakespeare consciously experimented with tragic forms, for when he repeated he also changed, and changed more than superficially. Further, Foreman believes that these varieties and extensions of dramatic form were fundamentally a way of experiencing a various, often mysterious world. Extending and exploring the possibilities of tragic form, the playwright created dramatic worlds that mirror the possibilities of our own. Among the tragedies, Foreman finds three—Hamlet, King Lear, and Antony and Cleopatra—that are more complex than the rest. He devotes the three final chapters of his book to the closing scenes of these plays and his readings of them are richly rewarding, giving new insights into Hamlet's acceptance of death, Lear's isolation in a moral storm, and Cleopatra's triumphant staging of her own death. |
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... thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss. (V.ii.359–60) This kiss creates here that ancient metaphorical association of sexual.
... thee in my touch / I'ld say I had eyes again!” (IV.i.21–24). Since he has no hope of that, he wishes to die. Edgar, who has this miracle in his power, refuses to grant it because he disapproves of his father's attitude. Instead, he ...
... Have by their brave instruction got upon me A nobleness in record. ... Eros, Thy master dies thy scholar. To do thus I learned of thee. (96–99, 101–3) Laboring under a false “recognition” (Cleopatra's true love of him,
... thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story. (V.ii.327–29, 333–38) Coriolanus is rushed too, but it is his self-assertion that helps to bring on his death. He lacks the balance of Othello ...
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The Music of the Close: The Final Scenes of Shakespeare's Tragedies Walter C. ForemanJr. Obmedzený náhľad - 2014 |
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