Shakespeare's Scepticism

Achilles Agamemnon Angelo apprehend argue argument Banquo Barnardine challenge character Christian Claudio Claudius concern confront contrast critics death distinction doth Dr Johnson dramatic Duke Duke's Duncan Elizabethan Escalus ethical example Falstaff feel Greeks Hal's Hamlet hear Hector Henry IV honour Hotspur human Iago Iago's imaginative insists irony Isabella judge judgement Julietta justice kind King L. C. Knights Lear Leavis less Love's Labour's Lost lovers Lucio Macbeth Macduff Malcolm Measure for Measure mercy metaphor mind moral murder nature old play opposed Othello play's world poetic poetic-dramatic Pompey Portia's prince problem prompted prose provides question radically sceptical reason recognise references reflexive registers reminds response second scene seems sense sentence Shakespeare shows Shylock significance soliloquy speaks speech statute stylistic suggests Ted Hughes tells Thersites Theseus Theseus's things thought tragedy Troylus and Cressida Troylus's Ulysses verse Wilson Knight word