Shakespeare’s Tragedies: A Very Short Introduction
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ContentsList of illustrationsIntroduction: what is a tragedy?1 Tragedies on the stages of Shakespeare’s time2 Titus Andronicus3 Romeo and Juliet4 Julius Caesar5 Hamlet6 Othello7 Macbeth8 King Lear9 Timon of Athens10 Antony and Cleopatra11 CoriolanusEpilogue: why might we enjoy tragedies?ReferencesSelect filmography
Further readingPublisher’s acknowledgementsIndex
List of illustrations1 Shakespeare between the Two Muses of Comedy and Tragedy (1825). RichardWestall (1765–1836), oil paintingReproduced by permission of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust2 Drawing of the Nurse attempting to waken Juliet from her drugged sleep(Romeo and Juliet, 4.4.28). John Massey Wright (1777–1866), watercolourPrivate collection3 Caesar’s ghost appears to Brutus in his tent (Julius Caesar, 4.2). WilliamBlake: water-coloured pen and ink drawing, 1806 The Trustees of the British Museum4 Hamlet with Yorick’s skull. From the Gower Memorial, Bancroft Gardens,Stratford-upon-Avon Arena Photo UK / Shutterstock.com5 The Death of Desdemona, c.1857. William Slater, oil paintingBy permission of the Folger Shakespeare Library (FPa50)6 ‘pity, like a naked new-born babe’. William Blake’s print, c.1795 The Art Archive / Tate Gallery London / Eileen Tweedy7 The mad Lear in the storm (3.4), vividly suggesting the scene’s mixture of thepathetic with the grotesque. The Fool, Edgar (wrapped in a blanket); Kent;Lear; Gloucester (with a torch). George Romney (1734–1802); oil paintingReproduced by permission of Kendal Town Council
8 ‘Cleopatra in her barge’. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912)Private collection. Fine Art Images / age footstock9 Volumnia pleads with Coriolanus to have mercy on her, on her family, and onRome. C. N. Cochin, engraving of 1789Reproduced by permission of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
1. Shakespeare between the Two Muses of Comedy and Tragedy (1825).Richard Westall (1765–1836), oil painting.
Introduction: what is a tragedy?People like labels. When we think about plays there’s a natural tendency togroup them into categories according to their subject matter and the way inwhich it is treated. The commonest dramatic categories are tragedy and comedy,terms which refer to the plays’ overall tone and substance, and we may subdividethem respectively into domestic tragedies, heroic tragedies, and love tragedies;or in
Shakespeare’s Tragedies: A Very Short Introduction Click and Join English Literature Today for more ebooks. VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way into a new subject. They are written by experts, and have been translated into more than 45 different languages. The series began in 1995, and now covers a wide variety of topics in every discipline. The .
Here the researcher has discussed the 'Rule of Karma' or 'Character is Destiny' in the four great tragedies of Shakespeare i.e. Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), Macbeth (1605) and King Lear (1605) with a special reference of Hindu philosophy (Bhagvad Geeta). Key Words:-Character, Destiny, Shakespearean tragedies, Hindu philosophy .
4 SIR Study Guide: King Lear Time Line of Shakespeare’s Life 1564 William Shakespeare is born to Mary and John Shakespeare. 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway; he is 18 and she is 26. 1583 Daughter, Susanna Shakespeare, is born. 1585 Twins, Judith and Hamnet, are born. 1589-94 Shakespeare’s first plays, Titus Andronicus, The Comedy of Errors, and Henry
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by Shakespeare. Scholars are divided about the source of subplot of Egeon looking for his sons. It may have been an invention of Shakespeare. He also may have been influenced by the medieval text Gesta Romanorum, which had been translated in 1577 by Richard Robinson. Sources Mabillard, Amanda. Shakespeare's Sources Shakespeare Online. http .
Humanness: Characterizations of Protagonists in Early Modern English Revenge Tragedies and Modern Films” Dan Rubins (King’s College London/Shakespeare’s Globe), “‘And your task shall be’: Shakespeare for Good” Short Paper Session #5 – Shakespeare in Canada (2022) Chair: Peter Kuling (University of Ottawa)
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