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Shakespearean Interviews
Author(s) -
Brock Philip K.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anthropology and humanism quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1548-1409
pISSN - 0193-5615
DOI - 10.1525/ahu.1990.15.2-3.61
Subject(s) - indirection , ambiguity , character (mathematics) , interpreter , deception , psychology , linguistics , social psychology , sociology , computer science , philosophy , mathematics , geometry , programming language , operating system
A number of scenes in Shakespeare's plays in which one character “interviews” another are analyzed to reveal familiar discourse features including deception, indirection, ambiguity, and asymmetry of status. Riddles are briefly discussed and the problems of working through an interpreter displayed. The lifechanging potential of certain interview is also remarked upon.