Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 17 ian. 2001 - 416 pagini The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: 'Hamlet' and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Combining careful attention to detail and interpretive breadth, noted scholar Jan H. Blits deftly illustrates how Hamlet collapses life into thought, and moral action into stage acting, and ultimately comes to see his own life as a stage play. Hamlet, the book demonstrates, epitomizes the intellectualism of the Renaissance and the modern age it began, and so becomes tragedy's first self-conscious protagonist, signaling the end of ancient tragedy. Erudite, innovative, and lively, Deadly Thought is a ground-breaking contribution that will appeal to Shakespeare scholars, political theorists, historians of philosophy, literary theorists and anyone interested in a truly fresh interpretation of this classic work. |
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... one's own eyes . Barnardo's prologue , the first of many narratives ( and stage per- formances ) in Hamlet , is set off from the surrounding action not only by its highly stylized epic verse and Horatio's explicit charac- terization of ...
... one's own eyes . Barnardo's prologue , the first of many narratives ( and stage per- formances ) in Hamlet , is set off from the surrounding action not only by its highly stylized epic verse and Horatio's explicit charac- terization of ...
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... one's traditional terri- tory is another . Shakespeare never resolves this uncertainty . At the end of the play , however , after another fatal duel that is also ac- companied by a wager , young Fortinbras will claim to have " some ...
... one's traditional terri- tory is another . Shakespeare never resolves this uncertainty . At the end of the play , however , after another fatal duel that is also ac- companied by a wager , young Fortinbras will claim to have " some ...
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... one's soul after death . It presupposes the Catholic doctrines that purgatory is an intermediary other world in which the dead are subject to a trial that can be shortened by the aid of the living , including their prayers , and that ...
... one's soul after death . It presupposes the Catholic doctrines that purgatory is an intermediary other world in which the dead are subject to a trial that can be shortened by the aid of the living , including their prayers , and that ...
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... one's king and duty to one's father will prove to be crucial . The public realm and the private realm are altogether dif- ferent . Not surprisingly , Laertes says nothing here about his duty to war - threatened Denmark . Before granting ...
... one's king and duty to one's father will prove to be crucial . The public realm and the private realm are altogether dif- ferent . Not surprisingly , Laertes says nothing here about his duty to war - threatened Denmark . Before granting ...
Pagina 55
... one's father's death . " " ' Tis sweet and commendable in your nature , " he begins , patronizingly praising him for performing his filial duty , but Hamlet must know that " [ his ] father lost a father , / That father lost , lost his ...
... one's father's death . " " ' Tis sweet and commendable in your nature , " he begins , patronizingly praising him for performing his filial duty , but Hamlet must know that " [ his ] father lost a father , / That father lost , lost his ...
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accuses action actors answer appearance Aristotle asks Barnardo birth body cause Christian Cicero Clau Claudius Claudius's conscience corpse Dane Danish dead death deed Denmark describes despite Diogenes Laertius dius double emphasizes explicitly father fear final Fortinbras Fortinbras's fortune Gertrude Gertrude's Ghost God's Gonzago grave Grave-digger Grave-digger's guilt Hamlet says Hamlet seems hath hear heaven Hecuba hendiadys Horatio imitation incest Jephthah kill King Hamlet King's Laertes Laertes's letter lines lonius lord man's Marcellus marriage means mentions metaphor moral mother murder nature never noble old Hamlet once one's Ophelia Osric play play's Player King Player Queen Plutarch political Polonius Polonius's praise question Quintilian reason refers revenge rhetoric Rosencrantz and Guildenstern royal scene sense Shakespeare silent soliloquy soul speaks speech Stoic Stoicism suggests tell theatrical thee thing thou thought tion tragedy turns twice virtue vows warning words