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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... mother's shameful sexuality , Hamlet sees that his own flesh is dirty . I have already remarked that the personal shame expressed in my quote from Zarathustra involved a loss of faith in the world at large . Hawthorne's Hester Prynne ...
... mother's shameful sexuality , Hamlet sees that his own flesh is dirty . I have already remarked that the personal shame expressed in my quote from Zarathustra involved a loss of faith in the world at large . Hawthorne's Hester Prynne ...
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... mother Jocasta , and that thus it is he who has brought pestilence on his kingdom . His shame generates a feeling of horrible nakedness : ' Alas ! All out ! All known , no more concealment ! / O light ! May I never look on you again ...
... mother Jocasta , and that thus it is he who has brought pestilence on his kingdom . His shame generates a feeling of horrible nakedness : ' Alas ! All out ! All known , no more concealment ! / O light ! May I never look on you again ...
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... mother Phaedra out of independent ethical shame , but Phaedra is more susceptible to the shame of public disgrace . Terrified of scandal and exposure , she commits suicide , leaving a note stating that her stepson tried to rape her ...
... mother Phaedra out of independent ethical shame , but Phaedra is more susceptible to the shame of public disgrace . Terrified of scandal and exposure , she commits suicide , leaving a note stating that her stepson tried to rape her ...
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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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