The Shakespearean Ethic
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The Shakespearean Ethic

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The Shakespearean Ethic

About this book

With modesty and conviction, this edition offers a viewpoint seldomly considered: an unusual and exceptionally clear insight into Shakespeare's philosophy. Appreciating the danger Shakespeare faced in writing at a time of major religious intolerance, this fresh examinationdemonstrates how subtly his plays allegorically explore aspects of the perennial philosophy. In doing so, it argues, Shakespeare raises the fundamental question of ethics. Both thought provoking and persuasive, this book also contrasts Hamlet with Measure for Measure and Othello with The Winter's Tale in order to expose the dilemmas that confront its heroes.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Publishers’ Note
  6. 1 Principles of Construction in the Tragedies
  7. 2 Macbeth, Julius Caesar: The Temptation
  8. 3 Hamlet: Choosing
  9. 4 Hamlet: Stepping into Darkness
  10. 5 Hamlet: Tragic Climax
  11. 6 Measure for Measure: Resolving Tragedy
  12. 7 Measure for Measure: Creative Mercy
  13. 8 The Plays as Allegory
  14. 9 Othello: How Tragedy Progresses
  15. 10 Winter’s Tale: Driving Out Good Counsel
  16. 11 Winter’s Tale: Resolution of the Tragedy
  17. 12 There is Always a Choice
  18. 13 Passion Plays and other Parallels
  19. 14 The Soul as a Kingdom
  20. 15 The Tempest: Tragic Pattern Reversed
  21. 16 The Pattern for Regeneration
  22. Appendix – Titus Andronicus
  23. Author’s Shakespearean References
  24. Author’s Other References
  25. Index