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- Title
TO BE, OR NOT TO BE IN BAD FAITH: THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET'S SUPERFICIAL READING OF SARTRE'S WAITER.
- Authors
GEORGE DOWNING, OLIVER
- Abstract
The article discusses the character of Prince Hamlet from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" and his existentialist anguish in the light of Jean-Paul Sartre's theory of Bad Faith. Sartre's ontology is discussed including his existentialism, Nothingness, Being and phenomenology. It discusses Rosalind from Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It" as an existentialist hero in contrast to Hamlet. It suggests that the characters' motivations are the most important aspect of existentialist philosophy.
- Subjects
CRITICISM &; interpretation of Shakespeare's works; HAMLET (Play : Shakespeare) -- Criticism, Textual; AS You Like It (Play : Shakespeare); SARTRE, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980; EXISTENTIALISM in literature; NOTHING (Philosophy) in literature; CHARACTERS of William Shakespeare; ONTOLOGY
- Publication
Philosophy & Literature, 2014, Vol 38, Issue 1, p254
- ISSN
0190-0013
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/phl.2014.0014