| dc.description.abstract | This thesis is an examination of the dramatic significance
of I.i of Hamiet. Othello and Macbeth in terms of the
opening scene’s relationship with the complete drama. To facilitate
the reader’s understanding of this relationship between the opening
scene and the whole drama and to illustrate how Shakespeare uses
certain expository or dramatic devices in effecting this
relationship, the concept of exposition in drama is discussed.
Special attention is given to the differences between expository
method/device and expository function in general and the
expository function of Shakespearean drama in particular. This
is followed by an analysis of the rationale for the choice of
Hamlet. 0thel1o and Macbeth as the focus of this study,
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an analysis of how Shakespeare’s expository methods/devices in
Hamlet. Othello and Macbeth are different from, and
similar to, the methods applied in any other of his plays and a
discussion of the act and scene division of Shakespearean drama.
The text of the thesis is divided into three chapters, each
dealing with an individual play. Each chapter is, again,
organized in the following order; (a) introduction to the
chapter, (b) a description of the expository details of I.i of a
play, (c) an examination of the implications of the exposition in
I.i for the complete drama, (this involves describing a specific
area of exposition or an expository method/device and its role in
establishing a relationship between I.i and the rest of the
drama), and (d) chapter summary. | |
