The Reversal of Reality

Two of shakespeare’s problem plays, then, are fairly typical comedies in which redemptive forces are set to work that bring about the characteristic festive conclusion, the birth of a new society, that gives to the audience the feeling that ‘everything’s going to be all right after all.‘ Such plays...

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Published inThe Myth of Deliverance p. 61
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Toronto Press 01.04.1993
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Armed conflict
Arts
Astronomical objects
Astronomy
Behavioral sciences
Cognitive processes
Cognitive psychology
Comic theater
Earths Moon
Emotion
Emotional states
Human behavior
Human nature
Illusion
Imagination
Interpersonal interaction
Irony
Literary devices
Literature
Love
Love relationships
Metaphysics
Military science
Natural satellites
Perception theory
Perceptual reality
Performing arts
Philosophy
Philosophy of mind
Physical sciences
Political science
Psychology
Social behavior
Social interaction
Theater
Theater history
Theatrical genres
War
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Summary:Two of shakespeare’s problem plays, then, are fairly typical comedies in which redemptive forces are set to work that bring about the characteristic festive conclusion, the birth of a new society, that gives to the audience the feeling that ‘everything’s going to be all right after all.‘ Such plays illustrate what we have been calling the myth of deliverance, a sense of energies released by forgiveness and reconciliation, where Eros triumphs over Nomos or law, by evading what is frustrating or absurd in law and fulfilling what is essential for social survival. But comedy is a mixture of the festive
ISBN:0802077811
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