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Bargains with Fate - Psychological Crises and Conflicts in Shakespeare and His Plays (Hardcover)
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Bargains with Fate - Psychological Crises and Conflicts in Shakespeare and His Plays (Hardcover)
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The enduring appeal of Shakespeare's works derives largely from the
fact that they contain brilliantly drawn characters.
Interpretations of these characters are products of changing modes
of thought, and thus past explanations of their behavior, including
Shakespeare's, no longer satisfy us. In this work, Bernard J.
Paris, an eminent Shakespearean scholar, shows how Shakespeare
endowed his tragic heroes with enduring human qualities that have
made them relevant to people of later eras.Bargains with Fate
employs a psychoanalytic approach inspired by the theories of Karen
Horney to analyze Shakespeare's four major tragedies and the
personality that can be inferred from all of his works. This
compelling study first examines the tragedies as dramas about
individuals with conflicts like our own who are in a state of
crisis due to the breakdown of their bargains with fate, a belief
that they can magically control their destinies by living up to the
dictates of their defensive strategies.Filled with bold hypotheses
supported by carefully detailed accounts, this innovative study is
a resource for students and scholars of Shakespeare, and for those
interested in literature as a source of psychological insight. The
author's combination of literary and psychoanalytic perspectives
guides us to a humane understanding of Shakespeare and his
protagonists, and, in turn, to a more profound knowledge of
ourselves and human behavior.
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