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The New Critics have created a common assumption among scholars who approach Shakespeare believing that the beauty of his poetry is disconnected from any of the political concerns of his time. However, those who contemplate the Bard find enduring political themes. Dr. Brownlow examines a sampling of these themes in Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, noting that Shakespeare’s audience would have connected the disorder, treason, and the tactics of mediocre despots to the political drama of their own day.
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