Shakespeare and the Theater of Pity: Sinon's Borrowed Tears

by Shawn Smith

This volume explores Shakespeare's interest in pity, an emotion that serves as an important catalyst for action within the plays, even as it generates one of the audience's most common responses to tragic drama in the theater. For Shakespeare, the word "pity" contained a broader range of meaning than it does in modern English, and was often associated with ideas such as mercy, compassion, charity, pardon, and clemency. This cluster of ideas provides　Shakespeare's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036769638X
• ISBN13: 9780367696382
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"