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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... tell where shame ends and some other emotion begins . In the case of shame experienced before the sacred , for instance , awe and shame interpenetrate . And yet , as with shame and guilt , the element of reverential astonishment may ...
... tell where shame ends and some other emotion begins . In the case of shame experienced before the sacred , for instance , awe and shame interpenetrate . And yet , as with shame and guilt , the element of reverential astonishment may ...
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... telling phrase ' sovereign shame ' ( 17.43 ) . Today this idea of the supremacy of shame seems remote . In a culture which emphasises personal satisfaction above all else , we tend to think of shame as an illness or a disability . But ...
... telling phrase ' sovereign shame ' ( 17.43 ) . Today this idea of the supremacy of shame seems remote . In a culture which emphasises personal satisfaction above all else , we tend to think of shame as an illness or a disability . But ...
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... tells his wife , Tecmessa , and the chorus of Salamian sailors , who vainly attempt to soothe him , that he wants to be hidden ; he wants to die . He is tormented by the thought of facing his father . His pain ends only when he hurls ...
... tells his wife , Tecmessa , and the chorus of Salamian sailors , who vainly attempt to soothe him , that he wants to be hidden ; he wants to die . He is tormented by the thought of facing his father . His pain ends only when he hurls ...
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... tells Theseus what has passed . Theseus goes over to Heracles ; Heracles waves him back . Theseus tries to persuade his friend from shame . Heracles , still huddled up , says he considers himself an abomination , deformed and branded ...
... tells Theseus what has passed . Theseus goes over to Heracles ; Heracles waves him back . Theseus tries to persuade his friend from shame . Heracles , still huddled up , says he considers himself an abomination , deformed and branded ...
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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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