A Cambridge extension lecturer sets out to show that literary criticism can be inductive, like a science, and uses Shakespeare to prove it. Moulton analyses plot, character contrast and dramatic design in plays such as Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice and Richard III, tracing for example how Lord and Lady Macbeth’s outer and inner lives move in opposition.
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