Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article explores the use of imperative repetition in Shakespeare’s tragedies as a rhetorical and dramatic device that intensifies emotional, thematic, and character-driven elements. By examining instances where characters repeat commands or exhortations, the study highlights how this technique conveys urgency, desperation, and authority, often during moments of heightened tension. Repetition of imperatives also reveals inner conflict, obsession, or loss of control, amplifying the psychological depth of characters like Hamlet and Othello. Furthermore, this device creates rhythmic emphasis, enhancing the dramatic and poetic resonance of the plays. Imperative repetition emerges as a critical tool for Shakespeare to underline themes such as power, fate, madness, and human frailty, offering insights into the interplay between language and the tragic form.
Institution: Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407593495