Shakespeare's Tragic Justice

The problem of justice seems to have haunted Shakespeare as it haunted Renaissance Christendom. In this book, first published in 1963, four aspects of the problems of justice in action in Shakespeare's great tragedies are explored. This study is based on the lifetime's research of Elizabethan habits of mind by one of the most distinguished Shakespearean scholars, and will be of interest to students of English Literature, Drama and Performance.

Charles Jasper Sisson

Introduction; 1. Public Justice: Macbeth 2. Private Justice: Othello 3. The Dilemma: Hamlet 4. The Quandary: King Lear; Appendix on Hamlet