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"That men may start a course of events but can neither calculate nor control it, is a tragic fact" |
A.C Bradley |
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A.C Bradley Shakespeare tragedy is a "tragedy of an individual as he comes to terms with his personality" |
A.C Bradley |
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The vast amount of animal imagery in the play "seems to say that the underlying nature of human beings is that of the worst jungle animals" |
Tony Church |
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(feminist reading)The play is ultimately anti-feminist, and cannot be read but as an endorsement of the necessity for male power over the disruptive female desires which have brought about the tragedy. |
Kathleen McLuskie |
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(On Shakespeare's views)"Shakespeare's reasons for not using a person of equal rank to set another straight may be an indication of his own opinions about social hierarchy." |
Cheri Y. Halverson |
