Prologue -- The qualities of people -- Much deceived: Leontes and Othello -- Death and the maiden -- The rei(g)ns of power -- Part-objects: Prospero and Caliban -- "Father" and son: Prince Hal and Falstaff -- The Macbeths: a childless couple? -- Antony and Cleopatra: "star-cross'd" lovers? -- Epilogue
Summary
Drawing upon a vast literature in psychoanalytic journals and either upon Shakespeare's characters themselves or alluding to those characters in the course of other topics, this book discusses eight of Shakespeare's plays and the relationships between the main characters in them
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-145) and index
