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Shakespeare and the Outer Mystery

[Paperback]

by Robert H West

Author
Robert H West
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Published
July 2014

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Shakespeare has been viewed by critics both as a secular writer who affirmed the dual nature of man and as a Christian allegorist whose work has a submerged but positive and elaborate pattern of Christian meaning. In Shakespeare and the Outer Mystery, Robert H. West explores the philosophical and supernatural elements of five Shakespearean dramasMacbeth, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and The Tempest. Through his analysis, West discovers Shakespeares respect for the mysteries of existence but no clear definition of the philosophical and moral context of his play worlds. An artistic motivation leads Shakespeare to use these elements ambiguously to create a dramatic effect rather than to teach a moral or ideological lesson.