Differences in the Discourse of Gothic Characters in Macbeth and Tempest

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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_133How to use a DOI?

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Macbeth; The Tempest; Gothic; Discourse; Cooperative Principle

Abstract

This paper focuses on the observance and violation of the cooperative principle in Gothic characters’ discourse in Shakespeare’s tragedies and tragicomedy and tries to find out the differences in the use of Gothic discourse in tragedy and tragicomedy. In the analysis of Gothic discourse, this paper establishes a pattern across tragedy and tragicomedy Gothic discourse. Michel Foucault’s definition of discourse and Grice’s cooperative principle are helpful in analyzing the discourse of the three witches and Ariel in “Macbeth” and “The Tempest”. Analysis shows that both tragic and tragicomedy Gothic discourses destroy quality principles to a certain extent, but adopt different strategies in manner principle. There are more Gothic elements in tragic discourse than in tragicomedy discourse.

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AU  - Luanming Xing
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/02/13
TI  - Differences in the Discourse of Gothic Characters in Macbeth and Tempest
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1045
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SN  - 2352-5398
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