Shakespearean CriticismMichelle Lee Cengage Gale, 1999 - 420 pages Presents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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... honor . This scene prefigures the continuing Roman impulse to defend themselves against Cleopatra's repertoire of charms . Even as they devalue her " playfulness , " they often recognize its appeal to their senses and feelings- a ...
... honor . This scene prefigures the continuing Roman impulse to defend themselves against Cleopatra's repertoire of charms . Even as they devalue her " playfulness , " they often recognize its appeal to their senses and feelings- a ...
Page 178
... honor as he packs Octavia off to Rome , " If I lose mine honor / I lose myself " ( 3.4.22-23 ) , even as he is later capable of berating Cleopatra for having seduced him from a marriage that he never honored : Have I my pillow left ...
... honor as he packs Octavia off to Rome , " If I lose mine honor / I lose myself " ( 3.4.22-23 ) , even as he is later capable of berating Cleopatra for having seduced him from a marriage that he never honored : Have I my pillow left ...
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... honor , therefore , he Does pity , as constrained blemishes , Not as deserved . Cleopatra . He is a god and knows What is most right . Mine honor was not yielded , But conquer'd merely . ( 3.13.56-62 ) Cleopatra is as acutely aware here ...
... honor , therefore , he Does pity , as constrained blemishes , Not as deserved . Cleopatra . He is a god and knows What is most right . Mine honor was not yielded , But conquer'd merely . ( 3.13.56-62 ) Cleopatra is as acutely aware here ...
Contents
Deception in Shakespeares Plays | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 70 |
Cymbeline | 205 |
Copyright | |
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