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dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-14T06:12:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-14T06:12:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1983 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Azzopardi, J. (1983). Pagan and christian elements in "King Lear". Melita Theologica, 34(1-2), 63-74. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/32674 | - |
dc.description.abstract | King Lear is the climax of Shakespearean tragedy. It is also the best transition play between the tragedies and the last plays. In King Lear we have the work of a mature poet and dramatist, such that if we may find Shakespeare's settled opinion on our subject in anyone play it is best to look for it, I think, in King Lear. Aristotle gave greater weight to tragedy than to history because tragedy deals with universals, history with particulars. Though a tragedy could be constructed on a single tragic event, the Elizabethan no less than the Greek playwright sought to penetrate to the universal world of guilt, passion and justice. In King Lear we witness the actions not of ancient Britons, but of humanity; we see not England, but the world. Both Greek and Elizabethan tragedy had religious origins; speculation on the ways of God to men was, therefore, an intrinsic part in them. The moralities were contemporary with the early Elizabethan drama so that the religious element in tragedy was not foreign. King Lear is in many ways a religious play,more than Hamlet or Macbeth. Shakespeare's other equally religious play is Measure for Measure. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Faculty of Theology | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Lear, King of England (Legendary character) -- Drama | en_GB |
dc.subject | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear | en_GB |
dc.subject | Paganism in literature | en_GB |
dc.subject | Christianity in literature | en_GB |
dc.title | Pagan and christian elements in "King Lear" | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Melita Theologica | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Azzopardi, John | - |
Appears in Collections: | MT - Volume 34, Issue 1-2 - 1983 MT - Volume 34, Issue 1-2 - 1983 |
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