Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 11Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... reason that the Italian version was often , and for obvious reasons , so inadequate or misleading that , as he knew very little English , he had no means of divining it . This was especially the case in the dialogues with the Fool ...
... reason that the Italian version was often , and for obvious reasons , so inadequate or misleading that , as he knew very little English , he had no means of divining it . This was especially the case in the dialogues with the Fool ...
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... reason . Shakespeare has given in broad but accurate outline the symptoms of insanity produced by violent mental shock . Lear's mental disturbance is the result , not of senile decay , but of exposure to the in- clemency of a wild night ...
... reason . Shakespeare has given in broad but accurate outline the symptoms of insanity produced by violent mental shock . Lear's mental disturbance is the result , not of senile decay , but of exposure to the in- clemency of a wild night ...
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... reasons . One was , that if he had cut his throat he could not have spoken again , —as if one could not die without cutting the carotid ! The other reason is , tradition . Though I respect this last criticism , yet I believe that an ...
... reasons . One was , that if he had cut his throat he could not have spoken again , —as if one could not die without cutting the carotid ! The other reason is , tradition . Though I respect this last criticism , yet I believe that an ...
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