"Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to……" — Andrew Coyle Bradley
"Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen."
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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's idea of the tragic fact is larger than this idea and goes beyond it; but it includes it, and…
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