"Measuring Protagonism in Early Modern European Theatre: A Distant Reading of the Character of Sophonisba"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo384/
Author:
	Amelang, David J.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Comparative Drama 58, no. 3 (2024): 367–390.
DOI:
	10.1353/cdr.2024.a936320
Annotation:
	Applies distant reading to corpus of early modern English plays to consider protagonism, asking, what makes a character a protagonist? Uses Hamlet as a case study for protagonism, offering quantitative analysis of Hamlet's share of lines, stage time, mentions by other characters, and use of asides and soliloquys.
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Hamlet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Summer 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo384