Shakespeare through the Lens of Eastern Poetics: A Case Study of King Lear
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Shakespeare, King Lear, Rasa Theory, Emotions, TragedyAbstract
The tragedies of Shakespeare are a testimony to his coruscating virtuousity as a master craftsman and playwright par excellence. His unparalleled delineation of the characters and his deep insights into the vagaries and intricacies of human psyche make him relevant for all times to come. One of the ways to do justice to his craft is by analyzing the emotions that he captures in each of his characters and the best tool of analyzing this would be the theory of Rasa- the most comprehensive of all the theories in terms of the detailed analysis of emotions as used drama. The extract taken for detailed analysis in the present paper is Act I, scene I of King Lear.
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