The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.2102 Thursday, 16 November 2000.
[1] From: Sean Lawrence <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Nov 2000 07:41:07 -0800
Subj: Re: SHK 11.2085 Re: Fops
[2] From: W. L. Godshalk <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Nov 2000 12:45:30 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 11.2096 Re: Fops
[3] From: Mary Jane Miller <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Nov 2000 16:08:05 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 11.2055 Re: Fops
[4] From: David Schalkwyk <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 16 Nov 2000 09:50:13 SAST-2
Subj: Re: SHK 11.2096 Re: Fops
[5] From: Terence Hawkes <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 16 Nov 2000 06:52:11 -0500
Subj: SHK 11.2028 Re: Fops
[6] From: Paul E. Doniger <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Nov 2000 19:14:37 -0800
Subj: Fw: SHK 11.2096 Re: Hamlet and indecision
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From: Sean Lawrence <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Nov 2000 07:41:07 -0800
Subject: 11.2085 Re: Fops
Comment: Re: SHK 11.2085 Re: Fops
Bill Godshalk writes:
> And this is precisely where we part company. Fictive characters have no
> agency. Hamlet, for example, cannot decide to do anything. He cannot
> make a claim upon me, although I can decide to read the play in which he
> is a character.
And my point is precisely that he doesn't have to have agency to make a
claim upon us. Lavinia's claim upon those around her is strongest when
her agency is weakest.
Cheers,
Se