ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In his lectures on Shakespeare’s tragedies, A.C. Bradley states that he will not do which of the following?
A
Compare Shakespeare to other writers.
B
Evaluate and examine Hamlet.
C
Consider anything about Shakespeare’s comedies.
D
Discuss any aspect of Shakespeare’s philosophy.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A. C. Bradley saw Shakespearean tragedy characterized by the “tragic flaw, ” the internal imperfection in the hero that brings him down. His downfall becomes his own doing, and he is no longer, as in classical tragedy, the helpless victim of fate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Andrew Cecil Bradley, FBA (26 March 1851 – 2 September 1935) was an English literary scholar, best remembered for his work on Shakespeare.

Detailed explanation-3: -A.C. Bradley, in full Andrew Cecil Bradley, (born March 26, 1851, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England-died September 2, 1935, London), literary critic and preeminent Shakespearean scholar of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bradley writes, “Hamlet is disgusted by life and everything in it, a disgust that varies in intensity, rising at times for a longing of death, often sinking into a weary apathy.” (Bradley, par.

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