Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Performative utterances in Hamlet ****

- betray little
- do not waver him from his duty (kill uncle?)
- certain language does not merely describe action but acts in being spoken

- real self vs. self creation
-Hamlet displays a disconnect for what he says and what he does.
-Hamlet never swears to avenge his father.
-Tablet of mind?
-Hamlet only swears to remember

-Feeling is a process going through mental process then a verbal process

What is language?

Locutionary force: ability to deliver a message
Illocutionary force: whatever is done when being said
perlocutionary force: what is achieved by whatever is said

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