CORE TEXTS IN CONVERSATION Eulted by Jane Kelley Rodeheffer David Sokolowski J. Scott Lee Association for Core Texts and Courses University Press Lanham + New York +150 core Tert a Cmecation of Bais in Othello, wh, having ally comprehended what er hsband gots dove answers his ore hse remain set by saying, "Ts proper obey him, bt no 0” (5.2.20). ‘Thus, or romanclowe in thes reat ages yields pride of place ‘ofieaithipandoloyaiesf pent ad chill, Hamlet and is mater bo ‘diol bu they de econcled; Hamlet has succeeded in waning WS ‘mother bck rom te detested uncle. And with Hora, Hamlet Gd 3 ‘wonderful ensoaon a Geni. They love o argue with each ct: reps diferences; they refuel wordy consideration nerfor ‘ih te dsneresednese oftheir love foreach ther, ‘ere pepe sone more way in which Shakespeare's plas ean be rough int he contest of urea cea discourse, whis New Hist emis concerns, adsl honor hepa a8 cena par ofthe co uum. Shakespearean weil be sem as acetal theme mak ‘of wha post nodem eis ial out Students reader and eis neat ‘to keep coming back to thee ents inorder wo expore th Kind fic = ‘eruy lyelg of meaning that well cherish as cetal othe core expes- tence, Shakespeare does nol merely survive: he Nourishes today, and not ‘rete fer erp fm contemporary ert ul bese hee So lew endow i wih eieal purpose and sight. CHAPTER 20 Prophecy Eclipsed: Hamlet as a Tragedy of Knowledge Witom Franke ‘Todo whats sine about rowed nthe humans, by coast wth what hastened tbe te domioa paradigm for novia inmae cule, arly sence, is nrc o consider Homie a raged) of loge, The ply ws writen robb in 16nd any ate ping ‘ofthe 7h Cen he golden ae he ise of modem since Is angaage ted imagery are dnged with new vocabulary membooy te ew ses ‘nd ouook ogee and is esion with thee. Thematic, woreve. ole wreses with he inaelably fa-seahing meaning of i anton from ander, radina epi pn ened er nome aed ‘reeaionpariclaly te biil velaon elma nd const ofturan fe tsreing oon a methyl tof ing toaeicwd ‘eon hichlnoveg, om soup preieny drogh De ysl ses nthe det perception, lcs mesons foundion The rage oss ‘ove nt enon ade pale and eign bah in ie versie ‘concen nl he iaginae ad expesv textes fe pny. Shakespeare inher and indeed pote some of te mos competing representation of what has been dahed "be Elsabethn wal pew.”12 Core Tessin Comeraion fearing ave sieved universe racing both above and below the world sce to moral ight in he realms ef eave and bell This oulok ‘pesenedin Hanlras having fallen no cri and as gil mabe ‘edu th sain under which placed by new perspectives al he emer lng core of the Rensstnce i opening, propelled ox considerable degree ‘by te impale pane by siete method and cscovery. At sven “niet eng ober gs wnsion fom what we may el hag of prophocyn which a whole wr-order ands ftore destiny, nclaing a ‘ef, were accepted as revealedoan geo ence, where what seu [sumed wit what canbe proved by empirical evidence—"terenible and tre svoachof mine own eyes” as Hora so vill pus Inthe ag of propcy, the most authoritative knowledge was supposed ‘to come om sures higher thn th seses. A vison or spi coulde- ‘al outs that were capabeof being proved by empiial methods. The Iimpetstothe con of revenge, whic sth central bases of Hams {Se lovlof plot omer rom ut uch propa relation on apps fiom he ther world Hal's murdered ater comes back fom he dead, fom the ward tity, oll im the th about how he ded and de ‘mand roms on ha juice be one upon the usurper or sexe. Wen Hamlet fst eu ths aclonur he exis, "O my prophetic wal” ( 5. Hes evidently saying that he had area inwardly vined he ve ‘oure of evens andthe concesied gu. si by revelation from higher source, Andin any ese, whether as divine oa revealed ty the ghost the ‘kndoflrowledge fe acquires in commen wih hi her can ap beak tobe prophet’ innate. ‘And yetihis prophetic reveaion—his own fhe come back om the ead winfor him drecly oft canse—becomesenmesied in a web of outs and evenly evea play acing generated by aiempt tte and vel uted. Hadet eer hard eying, "Il ve pounds more ‘live than hs" (1. 2.570), which means, ofcourse, even more pene ‘reams evidese than he bas ready. But thi tateent 0 ron ally says thar all he grounds Hamlet i secking to escent can abet be ‘nly “relive” By fling to embrace the cat offered hm by thea tun presence ofthe father speaking rect to hima voice of ese divine revelation, he condemns himself to having no eaficent bt only “eave” grounds no mater how fark eres hs investigation Ofer, ‘heuncenay is deeply roted in Hames character and even re ey inthe emerging character of the new, Reniance individual ax pounded ‘nan objective, aerial word and s losing its bearings na vancendet, situa elty. nhs way Halt is raining faeaching si ih rophcy Et: HamletaesThaety of Krowletge 183 ona sd fondo of knowlege hat bing expesiencedin Shateya'tine. ei sophie vsonudersinan apf sepsomsepcd som ayaa cpesaly by Horan wo ntti whe ae Sine “apain of te Sending Hal reported by Se Sefer toting tfornting now dn eC Repth lau al mspcon of pein bet one een of ‘totaal es oes anes reiument se of defret os Tries getea pam ens ino th ee of ae oe a De Seo alowing upon te death Fe King, neta Dena adi see eT ceed Kings Ft nd anes hie BE Neda ina abe ue hy see compet Weld Whey (0 Ty ae cde pny by eae ee wing of Ses pas (114109 ay ‘Seaebrounear toh adnate Fert energy felae e wan 120 a trance ted re os 9 wl 88 ee Pn mic eacs igo te pcr mor Segeeraon acipc rand prover ening cles ear af antennal mei woe eee apna ie god uey,Codad wee crea eat aaze nd witout wn rte fe ol ofthe socal wr oles tte pa conosco, aoe ttn ines ties row ek a reiettocs exacts owntine tine of Fo rat etre sol tino nd separ # ty evar lorcet, Dwele ry ned eatery ebig hie of weapon oes booger tate presse usp ane ec mt se enn. ne ae ees nt en she ota tem i SST nc ra ae SHEE Sedapeain fe Matepeet wate see tee om rn aes catego be SEER tow won npn Anam at SRERAEELA Snir teaser 230199Core ents in Comer ge ‘crowned wit lory and hone” asin Palin 8 at an endlexly wondrous creation precise rogue and pessan sive am cEpstStoemssmstmees af elec ‘eprsatng the skeplaconcoarnes of be ew ae, almost ceases tobe ‘vein alte teri ely, Conesondngy lis nbler values shaken | ‘ef tail into a werd of thor mail, fat rough anes npc Machiavelli He does il expres an el foe ‘nthe anh, disenchanted new perpectve everything twas able once to give clea purport life us obnoure. Bren he ovenwhelning presence ‘tte father ast serve altogether one wach, and giving Haesee of kop these values re nest: Young Hamlet has sued in ‘seer lamedceraily bout the nest scene discoveries and been CHAPTER 21 i Speech in Dumbness: Female Eloquence and Male Authority t in The Winter's Tale Ellen Beton 1, MW. Tiyan, Pe Elubehon World Plo ew Vor: MacMi, 1940 Seo Abr Lovo Phe Great Chan of Bg A Say or of an es (New Yt pe & Row, 16); Wiliam ames etre at ‘tar 136) Qontatons of Hamre frm ne Ronen Cre Eaton, ‘GyarHoy(New Yr, 196, wih cosine et in te Rr ‘Sept ted 6 Bima Ea (Bo: Huo iin Co, 1310 i “rage separation fom Levees” ee esi “ence” hi and ally | terjoy being reine wih Leones and ending her sien years len