The Existential Dramaturgy of William Shakespeare: Character Created Through Crisis

An interpretation of Shakespeare through the spiritual crisis of his chief characters.

Chapter 1: Shakespeare’s Characterization: An Existential View
Chapter 2: Patterns of Love in Twelfth Night
Chapter 3: The Merchant of Venice: An Existential Comedy
Chapter 4: Shakespeare’s Allegory of Love
Chapter 5: Shakespeare’s Existential Tragedy
Chapter 6: Richard III and Richard II: Two Forms of Alienation
Chapter 7: The Problem of Identity in Troilus and Cressida
Chapter 8: Fools of Time in Macbeth
Chapter 9: Solitariness of the Victim in Othello
Chapter 10: The Protagonist’s Dilemma in Timon of Athens
Chapter 11: Marcus Brutus: The Divided Self
Chapter 12: Coriolanus — the Roots of Alienation
Chapter 13: The Ambivalence of Caliban