ANALYZING IMAGE SCHEMAS IN EXCERPTS OF SOME SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS

Abstract

This paper explores the various manners in which the literary texts
of certain plays written by William Shakespeare can be interpreted coherently. The
possibility to supply a connection between the structure of a play and some of its
themes will be depicted in the usage of image schemas as useful devices in the
process of interpretation. Image schemas will be described in a general fashion and
further exemplified in some of Shakespeare’s plays. The main goal is to show how
image schemas can serve as solid sources of knowledge for the readers and/or the
audiences of Shakespeare’s plays.