Word: hamlets
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...White, a well-known Shaksperean critic, describes "King Lear" as of all Shakspere's plays the largest in conception, the noblest in design, and the highest in art. Although almost universally associated with the three other great tragedies of Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth, it differs from all three in its essential purpose. Hamlet is a play of inaction and indecision; Othello is the story of the down fall of a great soul through jealousy, Macbeth that of a man overcome by ambition. The distinction of "King Lear" lies in the fact that it displays the tragic power of retribution over...
...Lectures upon the Dramas of Shakspere. VI. Hamlet. Mr. Henry Austin Clapp. Sanders Theatre, 8 p. m. Sections C, D, E, in the first balcony, and the floor seats will be reserved for students of the University till...
...Clapp will give his two remaining lectures on Shakspere tonight and on January 31. The subjects will be King Lear and Hamlet respectively. Tonight's lecture will begin at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre, and the floor seats and sections C, D, and E will be reserved for students until...
...Hamlet...
Friday, Jan. 19.--Twelfth Night; Friday, Jan. 26,.--King Lear; Wednesday, Jan. 31.--Hamlet...