Shame in ShakespeareRoutledge, 2012 M09 10 - 288 pages One of the most intense and painful of our human passions, shame is typically seen in contemporary culture as a disability or a disease to be cured. Shakespeare's ultimately positive portrayal of the emotion challenges this view. Drawing on philosophers and theorists of shame, Shame in Shakespeare analyses the shame and humiliation suffered by the tragic hero, providing not only a new approach to Shakespeare but a committed and provocative argument for reclaiming shame. The volume provides: · an account of previous traditions of shame and of the Renaissance context · a thematic map of the rich manifestations of both masculine and feminine shame in Shakespeare · detailed readings of Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear · an analysis of the limitations of Roman shame in Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus · a polemical discussion of the fortunes of shame in modern literature after Shakespeare. The book presents a Shakespearean vision of shame as the way to the world outside the self. It establishes the continued vitality and relevance of Shakespeare and offers a fresh and exciting way of seeing his tragedies. |
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... guilt ' only 33 times ( Spevack 1968 ) . Striking instances of Shakespearean shame include the Mozartian sequence of hiding and exposure in Love's Labour's Lost , Richard II shattering his mirror - image into ' an hundred shivers ...
... guilt ' only 33 times ( Spevack 1968 ) . Striking instances of Shakespearean shame include the Mozartian sequence of hiding and exposure in Love's Labour's Lost , Richard II shattering his mirror - image into ' an hundred shivers ...
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... guilt . According to philosopher Gabriele Taylor , ' Guilt , unlike shame , is a legal concept ' ( Taylor 1985 : 85 ) . It implies responsibility for an offence . Whereas shame is focused inward , on the damaged self , guilt focuses ...
... guilt . According to philosopher Gabriele Taylor , ' Guilt , unlike shame , is a legal concept ' ( Taylor 1985 : 85 ) . It implies responsibility for an offence . Whereas shame is focused inward , on the damaged self , guilt focuses ...
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... guilt are also distinguishable by their effects . Shame requires renegotiation of the subject's relationship with itself ; guilt requires negotiation with the party offended , usually by accepting punishment from it or offering some ...
... guilt are also distinguishable by their effects . Shame requires renegotiation of the subject's relationship with itself ; guilt requires negotiation with the party offended , usually by accepting punishment from it or offering some ...
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... guilt cultures do , on an internalized conviction of sin ' ( Benedict 1947 : 233 ) . But this misconceives shame and guilt . Benedict says of shame , ' A man is shamed either by being openly ridiculed and rejected or by fantasying [ sic ] ...
... guilt cultures do , on an internalized conviction of sin ' ( Benedict 1947 : 233 ) . But this misconceives shame and guilt . Benedict says of shame , ' A man is shamed either by being openly ridiculed and rejected or by fantasying [ sic ] ...
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... guilt , shame ( as suggested above ) points at the self , whereas guilt points to the other , the non - self . The public aspect of shame has been misunderstood and exaggerated . It is precisely because shame is so private , so inti ...
... guilt , shame ( as suggested above ) points at the self , whereas guilt points to the other , the non - self . The public aspect of shame has been misunderstood and exaggerated . It is precisely because shame is so private , so inti ...
Contents
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Shame in the Renaissance | 41 |
Shame in Shakespeare | 74 |
Hamlet | 109 |
Othello | 136 |
King Lear | 173 |
Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus | 208 |
Conclusion | 224 |
Notes | 247 |
References | 255 |
Index | 265 |
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