«A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery». A. Leonard suggests a new way to look at perceived errors in Shakespeare’s drama: not as flaws but as tropes. She argues that one of the central themes of Shakespearean poetics is an enactment of a mistake and its failed correction.
Keywords
language and aesthetics of the Elizabethan era; motif of error; Shakespearean plays.
