Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

A psychological study of madness in hamlet and Macbeth

Mahmood Mawlood Khalaf Almashhadani

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This paper deals with the theme of madness in two of Shakespeare‘s plays , Hamlet and Macbeth. Its main purpose is to show that the heroes of these tragedies display very individual characteristics which are about madness .Departing from the Medieval and Renaissance theories on the subject, this work analyses mainly psychological aspects in each play, .The whole body of this paper aims at pointing out the universality of Shakespeare‘s genius, since the themes which he had so skillfully treated in his tragedies are still being discussed today in the light of contemporary theories. It is the aim of this paper to study characters and contrasts in characters as they are depicted in the tragedies. Madness is a fascinating theme as it is explored in Shakespeare‘s tragedies. Madmen in Shakespeare‘s tragedies are individualized beings who do not conform to one and the same model. They are all psychologically individualized.

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A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF MADNESS IN HAMLET AND MACBETH, Mahmood Mawlood Khalaf Almashhadani GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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