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Howdoesatrulydisastrousleader–asociopath,ademagogue,atyrant–cometopower?How,andwhy,doesatyrantholdontopower?Andwhatgoesoninthehiddenrecessesofthetyrant'ssoul?Forhelpinunderstandingourmosturgentcontemporarydilemmas,WilliamShakespearehasnopeer.Asanageing,tenaciousElizabethIclungtopower,atalentedplaywrightprobedthesocialandpsychologicalrootsandthetwistedconsequencesoftyranny.Whathediscoveredinhischaractersremainsremarkablyrelevanttoday.Withuncannyinsight,heshoneaspotlightontheinfantilepsychologyandunquenchablenarcissisticappetitesofdemagoguesandimaginedhowtheymightbestopped.InTyrant,StephenGreenblattexaminesthethemesofpowerandtyrannyinsomeofShakespeare’smostfamousplays--fromthedominatingfiguresofRichardIII,JuliusCaesar,Hamlet,Macbeth,andCoriolanustothesubtletyrannyfoundinMeasureforMeasureandTheWinter'sTale.TyrantisahighlyrelevantexplorationofShakespeare’sworkthatshedsnewlightontheworkingsofpower.