Shakespeare's Pluralistic Concepts of Character

Download or Read eBook Shakespeare's Pluralistic Concepts of Character PDF written by Imtiaz H. Habib and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Shakespeare's Pluralistic Concepts of Character
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Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 0945636377
ISBN-13 : 9780945636373
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Pluralistic Concepts of Character by : Imtiaz H. Habib

Book excerpt: The presentation of a complex character such as Shylock bears resemblance to the technique of anamorphic portraiture and trick perspective in the sense that, seen one way he appears a villain, but seen another way he appears a persecuted victim. The clashing and merging of opposed frames of ideological reference that cannot be held apart or resolved and that remain in a kind of uneasy balance may be a technique of comic characterization that exploits relativism and ambiguity in the presentation of human personality and self on stage. A similar technique can be seen at work in the Histories in the characters of Richard and Bolingbroke, who, as has long been noted, compete contrarily for the audience's ideological sympathies over the course of the play.


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