The role of prayer in Shakespeare's plays

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dc.contributor.advisorHigginbotham, Derricken_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorChidester, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBates, Lauren Catherineen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-01T14:19:54Z
dc.date.available2017-09-01T14:19:54Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThere has been a turn to religion in Shakespeare Studies by scholars like Kastan, Swift and Shugar in recent years, and this turn has uncovered a wealth of insight that had previously been obscured. I contribute to this recovery of the spiritual dimension of Shakespeare's work by tackling the question of what prayer does in his plays. I place these performed prayers in their historical and theological contexts, as well as analyse their roles dramatically and thematically within the plays. Prayer as a dramatic form is unique in that it falls between a dialogue and a monologue, pointing to something different in terms of rhetoric and content. Characters evoke an invisible being to whom they bare their souls, and the audience is privy to this conversation but not addressed by it. Awareness is created of something other, something beyond, filling the space of the stage with the suggestion of an alternate reality, another terrain beyond the earthly realm. Prayer is a conduit between characters and this alternate reality, a conduit through which multiple human impulses are conducted. I focus specifically on how filial attachment, erotic desire, violence, and visions of citizenship are conducted via prayer, and what happens when any of these impulses and visions is misdirected. Through the ability of prayer to conduct this array of human impulses, I demonstrate Shakespeare's complex engagement with the metaphysical realm, especially as his plays dramatize characters' move to embrace the divine.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBates, L. C. (2017). <i>The role of prayer in Shakespeare's plays</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25019en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBates, Lauren Catherine. <i>"The role of prayer in Shakespeare's plays."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25019en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBates, L. 2017. The role of prayer in Shakespeare's plays. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bates, Lauren Catherine AB - There has been a turn to religion in Shakespeare Studies by scholars like Kastan, Swift and Shugar in recent years, and this turn has uncovered a wealth of insight that had previously been obscured. I contribute to this recovery of the spiritual dimension of Shakespeare's work by tackling the question of what prayer does in his plays. I place these performed prayers in their historical and theological contexts, as well as analyse their roles dramatically and thematically within the plays. Prayer as a dramatic form is unique in that it falls between a dialogue and a monologue, pointing to something different in terms of rhetoric and content. Characters evoke an invisible being to whom they bare their souls, and the audience is privy to this conversation but not addressed by it. Awareness is created of something other, something beyond, filling the space of the stage with the suggestion of an alternate reality, another terrain beyond the earthly realm. Prayer is a conduit between characters and this alternate reality, a conduit through which multiple human impulses are conducted. I focus specifically on how filial attachment, erotic desire, violence, and visions of citizenship are conducted via prayer, and what happens when any of these impulses and visions is misdirected. Through the ability of prayer to conduct this array of human impulses, I demonstrate Shakespeare's complex engagement with the metaphysical realm, especially as his plays dramatize characters' move to embrace the divine. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - The role of prayer in Shakespeare's plays TI - The role of prayer in Shakespeare's plays UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25019 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBates LC. The role of prayer in Shakespeare's plays. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25019en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherLanguage and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleThe role of prayer in Shakespeare's playsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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