“To Be or Not To Be?”: Hamlet and Tyrannicide
Abstract This essay considers Shakespeare through Aristotelianism and Thomism to explore Hamlet as a meditation on tyranny. Based on the classical model of tragedy as presented by Aristotle in his Poetics and further informed by his Ethics and Politics , the essay identifies the climax of the play i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 243-262 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Hamlet
/ Tyrannicide
/ Aristoteles 384 BC-322 BC
/ Political ethics
/ Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
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| RelBib Classification: | FA Theology KBF British Isles NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Anger
B Ethics B Climax B Shakespeare B Aquinas B Tyrannicide B tyrant B Vengeance B Tragedy B Aristotle |
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