Character and the Supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe
β Scribed by Kenneth Usongo
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 163
- Series
- Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
1 Contextualizing Shakespeare and Achebe
Differences between Shakespeare and Achebe
2 The Term Supernatural
Early Western Embodiments of the Supernatural
Igbo Embodiments of the Supernatural
Literary Manifestations of the Supernatural
3 Shakespeare and the Supernatural
King Lear
Macbeth
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Othello
4 Achebe and the Supernatural
The Supernatural and Character
The Supernatural as Premonitory
The Supernatural and Morality
5 Shakespeareβs and Achebeβs Use of the Supernatural
Impact of the Supernatural on the Protagonists
The Supernatural as Prolepsis and Moral Implications
Bibliography
Index
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