http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/apemantus Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:39:13 -0400 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:39:13 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/609/fate-fortune-and-timon-of-athens-reinterpreting-the-senecan-chorus By David W. Synyard - In Seneca's tragedies, the Roman playwright and philosopher employed the concept of fate and fortune to structure the outcome of characters' lives. Frederick Kiefer notes in Fortune and Elizabethan Tragedy that the Senecan chorus primarily discusses the characters’ actions and world in relation to the paradox of Stoicism. In this paradox, two oppositional forces comprise the universe: fate structures one part with logic, meaningfulness, and organization, which the chorus requires man to adhere with, while fortune structures the other part with volatility, danger, and change, which the chorus... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:05 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/609/fate-fortune-and-timon-of-athens-reinterpreting-the-senecan-chorus http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/194/shakespeares-apemantus-the-amazing-changing-flat-character-in-timon-of-athens By Lindsay L. Lichti - Apemantus is described as “a churlish philosopher” in the Persons of the Play list, and, as a flat character, remains ill-natured throughout the play, although there is an illusion of his change: “It is not that he changes or develops as a character; his voice is consistent from beginning to end. But what are we to make of him and the light he sheds on Timon are much less clear than his nature, and our perspective on him shifts as the play goes on” (Pierce). Apemantus shifts from Timon’s foil to someone similar to him in outlook. He wonders how “men dare trust... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:14 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/194/shakespeares-apemantus-the-amazing-changing-flat-character-in-timon-of-athens