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Innocent Victims Poetic Injustice in Shakespearean Tragedy
No full textThis is a revised version of the book which was privately published by the author in 1982. At the time, the book was widely welcomed by Shakespearean scholars as a trenchant, scholarly and highly orginal contribution to the field of Shakespearean studies. The book's argument is that a full response to Shakespearean tragedy has to take account of the fate of the victims as well as of the tragic heroesl and this thesis is illustrated and developed by a consideration of Lavinia, Lucrece and the children in Richard III, Macbeth and King John; and to the thee principal Shakespearean tragic victims, Ophelia, Desemona and Cordelia.Intro -- Contents -- Preface to second edition -- I: Fore Thoughts -- II: Innocent Victims -- III: Lavinia -- IV: Lucrece -- V: Children -- VI: Ophelia -- VII: Desdemona -- VIII: Cordelia -- IX: After Thoughts -- Appendix: Critics and Victims -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- YThis is a revised version of the book which was privately published by the author in 1982. At the time, the book was widely welcomed by Shakespearean scholars as a trenchant, scholarly and highly orginal contribution to the field of Shakespearean studies. The book's argument is that a full response to Shakespearean tragedy has to take account of the fate of the victims as well as of the tragic heroesl and this thesis is illustrated and developed by a consideration of Lavinia, Lucrece and the children in Richard III, Macbeth and King John; and to the thee principal Shakespearean tragic victims, Ophelia, Desemona and Cordelia.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
A violent origin : a Girardian analysis of the scapegoating of Ali ibn Abu Talib in Shi'ite tradition
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-192).This dissertation applies Rene Girard's theory of the scapegoat mechanism to prove that Ali ibn Abu Talib appears in Shi'ite traditions as an innocent victim. The aim is to investigate Girard's substantial body of work to determine whether Ali was a scapegoat and a victim of a conspiracy within his community. Girard's theory is founded in mimetic desire, where he incorporated external and internal mediation to form an analysis of mimetic rivalry. Using various texts to develop his theory and support his concepts, he investigated Aristotle, Plato, Stendhal, Proust, Shakespeare and Freud. He developed his theory from the interaction between friends to the incorporation of an object of desire to form the 'French triangle'. He moved from investigating this 'triangle' in personal relationships to conspiracies and subsequently to communities with regard to primitive religions. It was in the discovery of the sacred victim that Girard recognized the purpose of myth, that it concealed the role of the persecutors and that it silenced the victim. Girard then transferred his deductions to analyzing the Bible, where he identified ways in which the text gave the victim a voice. He maintains that only Jesus supported a non-violent position and embraced positive mimetic desire in the form of imitating the love of God. In reviewing Ali's life, one discovers that it reveals Girard's concepts of mimetic rivalry, conspiracy and collective violence. There is the historical Ali and the divine Imam Ali. These two positions can be reconciled by following a constitutive reductionist method for the purpose of analysis in applying the scapegoat mechanism theory. Reductionism is useful and necessary for this study. While the historical Ali reveals a victim, the divine Ali takes responsibility for his own death. The historical and the divine reveal two perspectives in relating Ali's story, one from the victim's perspective and the other from the perspective of the persecutors. However, with respect to the scapegoat mechanism, Shi'ite traditions about Ali, inclusive of historical, popular, or ghulat traditions, show that Jesus was not the only victim to reveal his innocence and embrace non-violence for positive mimesis. Rather, Ali goes further in rejecting materialism to avoid envy, encouraging his community to witness his poverty. Without the distraction of material things, Ali could demonstrate God's love. While Girard claimed that Christianity, particularly the gospels, revealed the victim's innocence in Jesus Christ, Ali brings forth a similar message of imitating the love of God. Like Jesus, he revealed that God was a loving and forgiving God; he was not an angry God that demanded sacrifice
Facing the mystery of the suffering of the innocent
No full textU ovom članku promatra autor patnju nevinih kao tajnu koju želi što više osvijetliti. U tom kontekstu, u prvom dijelu, studira knjigu o pravednom Jobu. Nakon sumarne analize dolazi do zaključka da Jobovu patnju treba vrednovati kao kušnju vjere iza koje, u konačnici, stoji sam Bog. U drugom dijelu razmišlja autor o otkupiteljskoj snazi patnje nevinoga Isusa. Ali i o velikoj vrijednosti trpljenja svakog nevinog vjernika patnika koji svoju patnju čini plodonosnom pridružujući je Kristovu otkupiteljskom djelu. Da je patnja nevinih vjernika patnika višestruko plodonosna, o tome se govori i u trećem dijelu članka koji je posvećen svjedočanstvima pojedinih katoličkih blaženika i svetaca. U završnom dijelu autor ističe da tešku patnju treba otkloniti, ako je moguće. Ako nije moguće, onda je treba s vjerom prihvatiti, Bogu
posvetiti i strpljivo podnositi. Na taj način, po njegovu mišljenju, ona postaje veoma učinkovita molitva i ima nadnaravnu vrijednost. Na koncu autor priznaje da je cijeli ovaj članak pisao pod snažnim utjecajem hagiografske literature ističući pritom da je svetački pristup patnji najbolji ljudski odgovor na tajnu trpljenja nevinih.In this article the author examines the suffering of the innocent as a mystery that should be highlighted. In this context, in the first part of the article he studies the book of the righteous Job. After a brief analysis he comes to the conclusion that Job’s suffering should be judged as a test of faith behind which, ultimately, is God Himself. In the second part, the author reflects on the redemptive power of the suffering of the innocent Jesus. But he reflects also on the great value of the suffering of every innocent believer which is made fertile by Christ’s suffering and is joined to the redemptive work
of Christ. The third part of the article argues that the suffering of innocent believers is fruitful in multiple ways, and this is proved by the witness of some Catholic saints and blessed. In the final part, the author points out that acute pain should be eliminated where possible, but if this is not possible, then it should be accepted with faith, offered up to God and patiently endured. In this way, in the author’s view, it becomes a very effective prayer and has a supernatural value. Finally, the author acknowledges that the article has been written under the strong influence of hagiography and stresses that the approach of the saints toward suffering is the best human answer to the mystery of the suffering of the innocent
Ian McEwan’s Innocent Spies
No full textWhen Ian McEwan published a new novel, The Innocent, at the beginning of 1990, after three years of silence, many reviewers were rather perplexed. The Innocent seemed to be a traditional, linear spy story, apparently without any postmodern winks to deeper hidden meanings. It did not reveal, either, any metafictional or auto-referential elements disguised as popular fiction tricks. It was just a spy story, belonging to a “minor” genre, even though it was written by a major author. This is why, while looking for all the possible interpretations suggested by the novel’s title and the subtitle – A Special Relationship – in this essay I take into account the specificity of spy fiction as a genre, on the one hand, all possible readings springing from the usual scenario of spy stories, and the deeper meaning the novel acquires thanks to the author’s explicit or implicit reference to narrative and filmic intertexts. More than twenty years after The Innocent, McEwan published another spy story: Sweet Tooth. In a way, Sweet Tooth seems to be a light the counterpart of The Innocent, because the tone of the narration is almost cheerful, there is no violence and narrative tricks substitute suspense. Here McEwan does what he did not do with The Innocent: that is to say, he uses a spy fiction plot for other purposes. While the story of The Innocent was first and foremost a spy thriller, with a tinge of noir, Sweet Tooth is a metafictional tour de force contrived as a spy story. It is apparent that, despite all the references to the Cold War, the miners’ strikes, the power crisis, the IRA, the soaring crime rate, we are a long way from spy fiction. Or maybe we are not. According to an unconfirmed quote, McEwan believes that “All novels are spy novels [...] as all writers are spies”
An innocent at home: Scott Pilgrim and his Canadian multicultural contexts
No full textbook chapterThe chapter, "An innocent at home: Scott Pilgrim and his Canadian multicultural contexts" was written by the listed authors Brenna Clarke Gray and Peter Wilkins (Douglas College Faculty). Part of the Routledge research in cultural and media studies series.Published
Book briefs: Seduction of the innocent
No full textDr. Frederic Wertham\u27s book Seduction of the Innocent reviews the harmful effects of crime comics in children. In the book the author claims that crime comics consist of 50 to 100 frames of brutality, violence and blood, sexual sadism, a distorted view of authority, womanhood and life, and can also adversely affect a child\u27s reading ability. The author calls for a ban on crime comics for children under the age of 15
The Innocent Passage of Warships in Foreign Territorial Seas: A Threatened Freedom
No full textThis comment explores the right of warships to make innocent passage through foreign territorial seas. The understanding of many nations regarding the 1958 Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone was that all ships on a peaceful mission are allowed to move through foreign territorial waters without restriction. However, an increasing number of coastal states have begun requiring prior notice before allowing warships innocent passage. The author explores the background of this issue as well as the contentions of both sides. The author concludes that the future is gloomy for the principle of innocent passage as applied to warships
James M. Powell, éd. trad. — The Deeds of Pope Innocent III by an Anonymous Author. Washington, Catholic Univ. of America Press, 2004.
No full textPascal Pierre. James M. Powell, éd. trad. — The Deeds of Pope Innocent III by an Anonymous Author. Washington, Catholic Univ. of America Press, 2004.. In: Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 50e année (n°197), Janvier-mars 2007. pp. 93-95
Personal Responsibility for Intentional Conduct: Protecting the Interests of Innocent Co-Insureds Under Insurance Contracts
No full textThis is a post-print version of this paper, published in the Alberta Law Review, (2013) 50(3) pp. 615-630.
An abbreviated version of this article was published as Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, “Protecting the Interests of the Innocent Insured,” The Lawyers Weekly 31:33 (13 January 2012) 12.An insured who wilfully damages insured property
cannot seek indemnification under an insurance policy
because the loss was not a fortuitous one and likely
falls within an exclusion clause in the policy. This has
historically been referred to as the criminal forfeiture
principle, which holds that for public policy reasons a
wrongdoer should not be able to benefit from his or
her own wrongdoing. The question in situations like
this is whether an innocent co-insured should also be
barred from recovery for such loss. This article focuses
on developments in the law relating to recovery by an
innocent co-insured — namely amendments to the
British Columbia Insurance Act. The author explores
the history of the criminal forfeiture principle and also
examines the modern contractual approach to
interpreting insurance contracts. This article argues
that the modern approach emphasizes property and
contract law principles at the expense of protecting the
reasonable expectations of an innocent co-insured. The
author then examines a key provision in the British
Columbia Insurance Act that intends to provide
statutory protection for an innocent co-insured.
Despite some disadvantages, the author argues that
the benefits of the statutory protection outweigh any
potential weaknesses.FacultyReviewe
The Guilt of the Innocent Construction Rule in Illinois Defamation Law
No full textThis article traces the origin of the peculiar Illinois Innocent Construction Rule in defamation law. The author concludes that the Illinois Innocent Construction Rule was unfortunately resurrected in John v. Tribune. He calls upon the Illinois Supreme Court to reconsider the John case
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