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But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of…

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

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But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the… — Andrew Coyle Bradley

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