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Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays Nicholas Marsh Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays ANALYSING TEXTS General Editor: Nicholas Marsh Published Chaucer:The Canterbury Tales Gail Ashton Webster: The Tragedies Kate Aughterson John Keats John Blades Shakespeare: The Comedies R. P. Draper Charlotte Brontë: The Novels Mike Edwards E. M. Forster: The Novels Mike Edwards Shakespeare: The Tragedies Nicholas Marsh Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays Nicholas Marsh Jane Austen: The Novels Nicholas Marsh Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights Nicholas Marsh Virginia Woolf: The Novels Nicholas Marsh D. H. Lawrence: The Novels Nicholas Marsh William Blake: The Poems Nicholas Marsh John Donne: The Poems Joe Nutt Thomas Hardy: The Novels Norman Page Marlowe: The Plays Stevie Simkin Analysing Texts Series Standing Order ISBN 0–333–73260–X (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays NICHOLAS MARSH © Nicholas Marsh 2003 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 0–333–97367–4 hardback ISBN 0–333–97368–2 paperback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Creative Print and Design (Wales), Ebbw Vale For Jacqueline Contents General Editor’s Preface x A Note on Editions xi Introduction: Looking at Plays and Studying Poetry 1 Why These Three Plays? 1 Studying Plays 3 Shakespeare’s Poetry 4 Part 1: Analysing Shakespeare’s Problem Plays 1 Openings 11 Analysis:All’s Well that Ends Well, 1, i, 23–68 11 Analysis:Measure for Measure, 1, i, 1–52 22 Analysis:Troilus and Cressida, 1, i, 1–38 29 Conclusions 34 Methods of Analysis 36 Suggested Work 41 2 Young Men 44 Analysis:All’s Well that Ends Well, 4, ii, 27–66 44 Analysis:Measure for Measure, 3, i, 94–150 51 Analysis:Troilus and Cressida, 3, ii, 153–78 62 Conclusions 69 Methods of Analysis 79 Suggested Work 80 3 Women 82 Analysis:All’s Well that Ends Well, 1, i, 212–25 82 Analysis:Measure for Measure, 2, ii, 100–43 94 Analysis:Troilus and Cressida, 1, ii, 249–86 103 Conclusions 111 Methods of Analysis 114 Suggested Work 114 vii viii Contents 4 Politics and Society 116 Analysis:All’s Well that Ends Well, 4, iii, 1–35 116 Analysis:Measure for Measure, 3, i, 231–70 122 Analysis:Troilus and Cressida, 1, iii, 312–92 126 Dissolving or Changing Societies 134 Political Actions in All’s Well that Ends Well 139 Political Actions in Measure for Measure 141 Political Actions in Troilus and Cressida 145 Conclusions 149 Methods of Analysis 152 Suggested Work 153 5 Fools and fools 156 Analysis:All’s Well that Ends Well, 4, iii, 319–28 156 Analysis:Measure for Measure, 3, ii, 89–117 158 Analysis:Troilus and Cressida, 2, i, 1–48 164 The fools 171 Dissident Voices 175 Conclusions 182 Methods of Analysis 184 Suggested Work 185 6 Drama 187 Time and Space 187 A Table Analysing All’s Well that Ends Well 188 A Table Analysing Measure for Measure 192 A Table Analysing Troilus and Cressida, Act 5, scene ii 207 Conclusions 216 Methods of Analysis 218 Suggested Work 219 Conclusions to Part 1 220 Part 2: The Context and the Critics 223 7 The Problem Plays in Shakespeare’s Works 225 Texts 225 Classification 226 Contents ix 8 The Context 243 Society 243 Religion 249 Ways of Thinking 252 Conclusion 254 9 A Sample of Critical Views 256 E. M. W. Tillyard 257 Harold Bloom 260 Kathleen McLuskie 263 Thomas G. West 266 David McCandless 268 Further Reading 272 Index 277
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