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SUICIDE IN CLASSIC AND MODERN TRAGEDIES: COMPARING THE PLAYS, HAMLET AND ‘NIGHT, MOTHER
Abstract
Throughout history the theme of suicide has been handled by different authors yet they have developed different attitudes towards the theme. Naturally; the theme of suicide is a common subject both in classic and modern tragedies. However; it functions distinctively. In classic tragedies; it is handled according to religious and social norms and it is perceived as a stigma in the society. Namely; it has bad connotations in classic tragedies. On the other hand, it is not a social or religious taboo any more in modern ones with the changing perspectives and it can be examined even in a positive way such as ‘achieving autonomy by suicide’. This paper is about the theme of suicide in Marsha Norman‘s ‘Night, Mother which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1983 and in Hamlet, a famous tragedy of Shakespeare. Although written in different times, they can be analyzed in terms of a common problem of humanity: suicide. The aim of this essay is to examine the role of suicide in these plays in order to display changing approaches
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Aralık 2015
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Aralık 2015
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2015 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 13