With modesty and conviction, this edition offers a viewpoint seldomly considered: an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare's philosophy. Appreciating the danger Shakespeare faced in writing at a time of major religious intolerance,...
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With modesty and conviction, this edition offers a viewpoint seldomly considered: an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare's philosophy. Appreciating the danger Shakespeare faced in writing at a time of major religious intolerance, this fresh examination demonstrates how subtly his plays allegorically explore aspects of the perennial philosophy. In doing so, it argues, Shakespeare raises the fundamental question of ethics. Both thought provoking and persuasive, this book also contrasts Hamlet with Measure for Measure and Othello with The Winter's Tale in order to expose the
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Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Publishers' Note; 1 Principles of Construction in the Tragedies; 2 Macbeth, Julius Caesar: The Temptation; 3 Hamlet: Choosing; 4 Hamlet: Stepping into Darkness; 5 Hamlet: Tragic Climax; 6 Measure for Measure: Resolving Tragedy; 7 Measure for Measure: Creative Mercy; 8 The Plays as Allegory; 9 Othello: How Tragedy Progresses; 10 Winter's Tale: Driving Out Good Counsel; 11 Winter's Tale: Resolution of the Tragedy; 12 There is Always a Choice; 13 Passion Plays and other Parallels; 14 The Soul as a Kingdom; 15 The Tempest: Tragic Pattern Reversed
16 The Pattern for RegenerationAppendix - Titus Andronicus; Author's Shakespearean References; Author's Other References; Index;
