Shakespearean CriticismCengage Gale, 2003 - 464 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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Page 149
... fact . The final section in this ' marathon ' scene , from lines 330 to 480 , is the most dangerous scene for Iago and I noticed that he only has six lines , compared to forty for Othello . Ben grabbed my throat on ' Villain , be sure ...
... fact . The final section in this ' marathon ' scene , from lines 330 to 480 , is the most dangerous scene for Iago and I noticed that he only has six lines , compared to forty for Othello . Ben grabbed my throat on ' Villain , be sure ...
Page 282
... fact that there is nothing uncovered in Lear's past that is so formidably concrete and ghastly as Oedipus ' patricide and incest . In fact , it is just the revealed blankness of Lear's past , the absence of what had seemed to be present ...
... fact that there is nothing uncovered in Lear's past that is so formidably concrete and ghastly as Oedipus ' patricide and incest . In fact , it is just the revealed blankness of Lear's past , the absence of what had seemed to be present ...
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... fact that Prospero lacks this instinct - that he enslaves Caliban only because of what he perceives to be Caliban's mistreatment of Miranda - is one of the principal differ- ences between the two dukes on one hand and between one of the ...
... fact that Prospero lacks this instinct - that he enslaves Caliban only because of what he perceives to be Caliban's mistreatment of Miranda - is one of the principal differ- ences between the two dukes on one hand and between one of the ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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