Lectures on Shakespearean Tragedy

Shakespearean Tragedies includes lectures on the following four William Shakespeare plays: HAMLET, OTHELLO, KING LEAR, and MACBETH.

In these lectures I propose to consider the four principal tragedies of Shakespeare from a single point of view. Our one object will be what, again in a restricted sense, may be called dramatic appreciation; to increase our understanding and enjoyment of these works as dramas; to learn to apprehend the action and some of the personages of each with a somewhat gr...