Egmont; A Tragedy In Five Acts
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By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
29 Oct, 2019
Egmont is a play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which he completed in 1788. Its dramaturgical structure, like that of his earlier 'Sturm und Drang' play Götz von Berlichingen (1773), is heavily influenced by Shakespearean tragedy. Egmont is a polit
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Egmont is a play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which he completed in 1788. Its dramaturgical structure, like that of his earlier 'Sturm und Drang' play Götz von Berlichingen (1773), is heavily influenced by Shakespearean tragedy. Egmont is a political manifesto in which Egmont's craving for justice and national liberty is opposed to the despotic authority of the Duke of Alba. It is also a drama of destiny in which the Flemish nobleman, with fatalism, accepts the dire consequences of his straightforwardness and honesty. Less
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