Shakespeare Attacks Bigotry
A Close Reading of Six Plays
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About the Book
The author argues that Renaissance humanism created a system of bigotry and eroded the practice of Christianity, and that Shakespeare attempted to expose and condemn that shift. The book examines six of his plays—Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth—and explores how they satirized humanism’s grounding in Aristotle’s philosophy of slavery and supremacy. Shakespeare used characters like Hamlet and Aaron the Moor to attack that bigotry, and his stance against racism and humanism revealed his Catholic faith.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Elaine L. Robinson
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 216
Bibliographic Info: notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2009
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4039-9
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5364-1
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Acknowledgment vii
Preface 1
Introduction 5
Titus Andronicus 11
The Merchant of Venice 37
Hamlet 63
Othello 90
King Lear 133
Macbeth 173
Chapter Notes 197
Bibliography 203
Index 205
