"King Lear alone among these plays has a……" — Andrew Coyle Bradley
"King Lear alone among these plays has a distinct double action. Besides this, it is impossible, I think, from the point of view of construction, to regard the hero as the leading figure."
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17 Quotes by Andrew Coyle Bradley
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We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to…
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Nor does the idea of a moral order asserting itself against attack or want of conformity answer in full to…
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A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of…
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In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of…
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In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play…
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Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could…
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Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies; he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge.
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When Shakespeare begins his exposition thus he generally at first makes people talk about the hero, but keeps the hero…
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In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to…
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In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at…
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Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to…
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Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the…
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