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SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY
SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY
LECTURES ON
HAMLET, OTHELLO, KING LEAR
MACBETH
BY
A.C. BRADLEY
LL.D. LITT.D., FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
PREFACE
NOTE TO SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT IMPRESSIONS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LECTURE I
THE SUBSTANCE OF SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY
1
2
3
4
5
LECTURE II
CONSTRUCTION IN SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES
1
2
3
4
LECTURE III
SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC PERIOD—HAMLET
1
2
3
4
LECTURE IV
HAMLET
1
2
3
4
5
LECTURE V
OTHELLO
1
2
3
LECTURE VI
OTHELLO
1
2
3
4
5
6
LECTURE VII
KING LEAR
1
2
3
LECTURE VIII
KING LEAR
1
2
3
4
5
LECTURE IX
MACBETH
1
2
3
LECTURE X
MACBETH
1
2
3
4
5
NOTE A.
EVENTS BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE ACTION IN HAMLET.
NOTE B.
WHERE WAS HAMLET AT THE TIME OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH?
NOTE C.
HAMLET'S AGE.
NOTE D.
'MY TABLES—MEET IT IS I SET IT DOWN.'
NOTE E.
THE GHOST IN THE CELLARAGE.
NOTE F.
THE PLAYER'S SPEECH IN HAMLET.
NOTE G.
HAMLET'S APOLOGY TO LAERTES.
NOTE H.
THE EXCHANGE OF RAPIERS.
NOTE I.
THE DURATION OF THE ACTION IN OTHELLO.
NOTE J.
THE 'ADDITIONS' TO OTHELLO IN THE FIRST FOLIO. THE PONTIC SEA.
NOTE K.
OTHELLO'S COURTSHIP.
NOTE L.
OTHELLO IN THE TEMPTATION SCENE.
NOTE M.
QUESTIONS AS TO OTHELLO, Act iv. Scene i.
NOTE N.
TWO PASSAGES IN THE LAST SCENE OF OTHELLO.
NOTE O.
OTHELLO ON DESDEMONA'S LAST WORDS.
NOTE P.
DID EMILIA SUSPECT IAGO?
NOTE Q.
IAGO'S SUSPICION REGARDING CASSIO AND EMILIA.
NOTE R.
REMINISCENCES OF OTHELLO IN KING LEAR.
NOTE S.
KING LEAR AND TIMON OF ATHENS.
NOTE T.
DID SHAKESPEARE SHORTEN KING LEAR?
NOTE U.
MOVEMENTS OF THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ IN ACT II. OF KING LEAR.
NOTE V.
SUSPECTED INTERPOLATIONS IN KING LEAR.
NOTE W.
THE STAGING OF THE SCENE OF LEAR'S REUNION WITH CORDELIA.
NOTE X.
THE BATTLE IN KING LEAR.
NOTE Y.
SOME DIFFICULT PASSAGES IN KING LEAR.
NOTE Z.
SUSPECTED INTERPOLATIONS IN MACBETH.
NOTE AA.
HAS MACBETH BEEN ABRIDGED?
NOTE BB.
THE DATE OF MACBETH. METRICAL TESTS.
NOTE CC.
WHEN WAS THE MURDER OF DUNCAN FIRST PLOTTED?
NOTE DD.
DID LADY MACBETH REALLY FAINT?
NOTE EE.
DURATION OF THE ACTION IN MACBETH. MACBETH'S AGE. 'HE HAS NO CHILDREN.'
NOTE FF.
THE GHOST OF BANQUO.
INDEX
GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.
8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
Oxford Lectures on Poetry
BY
A.C. BRADLEY, LL.D., Litt.D.
MACMILLAN AND CO. Ltd., LONDON.
Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. net.
A Commentary on Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'
BY
A.C. BRADLEY, LL.D., Litt.D.
MACMILLAN AND CO. Ltd., LONDON.
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