Shakespeare uses such words as 'mad' and 'madness' more often in Twelfth Night than in any of his other plays, so it is a reasonable assumption that he was interested in madness when he wrote it, and that this play will give us an idea of what he means by it. Interestingly, he never gives us a definition of the word 'madness' per se. As in other plays, we are left to work out the definition for ourselves, and the dramatist rather behaves as though the meaning is readily understood by all members of the audience. What, in fact, did Shakespeare mean by the term
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This essay is an analysis on the way in which William Shakespeare interacts with madness, as it was ...
Shakespeare's world believed that grief could send you mad. Its plays are filled, accordingly, with ...
This thesis examines representations of madness on Elizabethan and Jacobean playhouse stages. It ex...
Feigned madness is a motif that – with varying frequency – returns in literary texts. It is usually ...
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This paper explores the depiction and function of madness on the Renaissance stage, specifically its...
Gillian Woods considers how the Fool and Poor Tom, two characters in King Lear who stand outside the...
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International audienceThis chapter focuses on madness not as “foolishness resembling insanity” but i...
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I would like to write about the perception of madness in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare’s ...
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