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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Page 12
... less susceptible to both kinds , masculine shame traditionally derives from weakness or lack of power , feminine shame from unchastity or some other form of intem- perance . Certainly this has changed , but how much ? It is still the ...
... less susceptible to both kinds , masculine shame traditionally derives from weakness or lack of power , feminine shame from unchastity or some other form of intem- perance . Certainly this has changed , but how much ? It is still the ...
Page 16
... less personal than 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 ...
... less personal than 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 ...
Page 24
... Less shame is found in cultures with a debased view of the self ; it is in societies where individual integrity and dignity is prized most highly that corruption and disgrace are most lamented . As we shall see in the next chapter ...
... Less shame is found in cultures with a debased view of the self ; it is in societies where individual integrity and dignity is prized most highly that corruption and disgrace are most lamented . As we shall see in the next chapter ...
Page 28
... less dramatic but poetically richer than Heracles . The flavour of the climax anticipates Othello's deadly enlightenment and revul- sion from himself . It may also have given Shakespeare the conceit for guilt and shame of a permanently ...
... less dramatic but poetically richer than Heracles . The flavour of the climax anticipates Othello's deadly enlightenment and revul- sion from himself . It may also have given Shakespeare the conceit for guilt and shame of a permanently ...
Page 29
... As a dramatist , Shakespeare predictably shares this interest in shame's spectac- ular power . It is conspicuous that Ajax , Oedipus and Heracles are all more or less unconscious at the time of Shame before Shakespeare 29.
... As a dramatist , Shakespeare predictably shares this interest in shame's spectac- ular power . It is conspicuous that Ajax , Oedipus and Heracles are all more or less unconscious at the time of Shame before Shakespeare 29.
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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