A Study of the Archetype of the Sacrificial Scapegoat in Thomas Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth, and Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The influence of archetypes on literary works is an important concern of mythological and archetypal literary criticism. Archetypes are part of the cumulative knowledge and experience of the human race. On the other hand, drama exploits religious concepts like fate, the wrath of the gods, divinity...

The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review

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