The Apologetics of Evil : The Case of Iago /

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This book is a concise philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's Othello. What drives Iago to orchestrate Othello's downfall? Instead of treating Iago's lack of motive as the play's greatest weak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raatzsch, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Characters > Iago.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Othello.
Othello (Shakespeare, William)
Iago (Fictitious character)
Good and evil in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book is a concise philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's Othello. What drives Iago to orchestrate Othello's downfall? Instead of treating Iago's lack of motive as the play's greatest weakness, The Apologetics of Evil shows how this absence of motive is the play's greatest strength. Richard Raatzsch determines that Iago does not seek a particular end or revenge for a discrete wrong; instead, Iago is governed by a passion for intriguing in itself. Raatzsch explains that this passion is a pathological ver.
Physical Description:1 online resource (124 pages).
ISBN:9781400830763

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