Deadly Thought: Hamlet and the Human SoulLexington Books, 2001 M01 17 - 416 páginas 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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... . Laertes has a double departure ( " a second leave " [ 1.3.54 ] ) for Paris , as well as two returns ( 1.2.51-53 ; 4.5.88 ) . Hamlet twice decides to have the players perform The Murder of Gonzago ( 2.2.530-37. Introduction 15.
... . Laertes has a double departure ( " a second leave " [ 1.3.54 ] ) for Paris , as well as two returns ( 1.2.51-53 ; 4.5.88 ) . Hamlet twice decides to have the players perform The Murder of Gonzago ( 2.2.530-37. Introduction 15.
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... Gonzago ( 2.2.530-37 , 584- 601 ) ; Polonius , " seeing unseen " ( 3.1.33 ) , twice spies on Hamlet ( 3.1.32-37 ; 3.4.4-5 ) ; Ophelia makes two miad appearances ( 4.5.21- 73 , 154-97 ) ; Claudius twice uses poison to murder , first old ...
... Gonzago ( 2.2.530-37 , 584- 601 ) ; Polonius , " seeing unseen " ( 3.1.33 ) , twice spies on Hamlet ( 3.1.32-37 ; 3.4.4-5 ) ; Ophelia makes two miad appearances ( 4.5.21- 73 , 154-97 ) ; Claudius twice uses poison to murder , first old ...
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... Gonzago play ask no questions . Some of the questioning concerns the natural deceptiveness of things , but most , by far , concerns the suspected deliberate deceptiveness of other men and possible demons . The Ghost , who comes to tell ...
... Gonzago play ask no questions . Some of the questioning concerns the natural deceptiveness of things , but most , by far , concerns the suspected deliberate deceptiveness of other men and possible demons . The Ghost , who comes to tell ...
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... Gonzago play , it has the character of a poem within a poem , a play within a play . Shakespeare , in fact , draws our attention to the " story [ ' s ] " ( 1.1.35 ) imitative quality by quickly canceling it . While Barnardo's account ...
... Gonzago play , it has the character of a poem within a poem , a play within a play . Shakespeare , in fact , draws our attention to the " story [ ' s ] " ( 1.1.35 ) imitative quality by quickly canceling it . While Barnardo's account ...
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... Gonzago , Claudius's face , the shape of clouds , Fortinbras's army , skulls in a graveyard , acts of good for- tune , royal corpses piled high , and so on . And , for the same reason , they also often try to prevent others from doing ...
... Gonzago , Claudius's face , the shape of clouds , Fortinbras's army , skulls in a graveyard , acts of good for- tune , royal corpses piled high , and so on . And , for the same reason , they also often try to prevent others from doing ...
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