Shakespeare's Tragic Sequence
Download or Read eBook Shakespeare's Tragic Sequence PDF written by Kenneth Muir and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Kenneth Muir |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2013-10-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781136568534 |
ISBN-13 | : 1136568530 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Tragic Sequence by : Kenneth Muir
Book excerpt: First published in 1972. The emphasis of this book is that each of Shakespeare's tragedies demanded its own individual form and that although certain themes run through most of the tragedies, nearly all critics refrain from the attempt to apply external rules to them. The plays are almost always concerned with one person; they end with the death of the hero; the suffering and calamity that befall him are exceptional; and the tragedies include the medieval idea of the reversal of fortune.