AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER'S THE WHITE DEVIL

Volume: 1 Number: 1 January 1, 2000
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AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER'S THE WHITE DEVIL

Abstract

John Webster 1580-1634 , a highly sophisticated yet equally pessimistic playwright of Jacobean England, depicts a world of corruption in which there is no place for the conventional notions of good and evil. In Webster's tragic world traditional concepts appear with their opposites, and therefore, they create a sort of conflict between reality and appearance. A character or an event seems good in appearance, however, it turns out to be evil in reality; or a character can have the capacity for both good and evil, treachery and loyalty, honesty and dishonesty at the same time in his plays. In other words, the dominant theme in his plays is the fallacy of appearance. In this article, this characteristic of Webster will be examined in his first tragedy, The White Devil with reference to the historical background of the period and to some significant scenes and characters in the play.

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January 1, 2000

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APA
Teker, G. S. (2000). AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, 1(1), 168-173. https://izlik.org/JA23JF58TP
AMA
1.Teker GS. AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi. 2000;1(1):168-173. https://izlik.org/JA23JF58TP
Chicago
Teker, Gülşen Sayın. 2000. “AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 1 (1): 168-73. https://izlik.org/JA23JF58TP.
EndNote
Teker GS (January 1, 2000) AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 1 1 168–173.
IEEE
[1]G. S. Teker, “AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL”, Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 168–173, Jan. 2000, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA23JF58TP
ISNAD
Teker, Gülşen Sayın. “AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 1/1 (January 1, 2000): 168-173. https://izlik.org/JA23JF58TP.
JAMA
1.Teker GS. AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi. 2000;1:168–173.
MLA
Teker, Gülşen Sayın. “AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 168-73, https://izlik.org/JA23JF58TP.
Vancouver
1.Gülşen Sayın Teker. AESTHETICS OF DECEPTION ON THE STAGE : THE CONFLICT BETWEEN REALITY AND APPEARANCE IN JOHN WEBSTER’S THE WHITE DEVIL. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2000 Jan. 1;1(1):168-73. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA23JF58TP