Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 2Laurie Lanzen Harris Gale Research Company, 1984 - 591 pages This volume includes plot summaries, character profiles, criticism of the works and sources for further study. |
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... audience . Yet they do not move us as they move Lear , any more than the grieved awe we feel at Lear's death is the same as the awed grief that Edgar shows . What is mortal shock to Kent is a tragic pang to the audience . The viewer is ...
... audience . Yet they do not move us as they move Lear , any more than the grieved awe we feel at Lear's death is the same as the awed grief that Edgar shows . What is mortal shock to Kent is a tragic pang to the audience . The viewer is ...
Page 373
... audience take seriously the theatre's claim to hold the mirror up to the world's stage upon which the audience are the actors . Shakespeare makes a comedy by re- fusing to make his characters ' sport a comedy . By dooming their " old ...
... audience take seriously the theatre's claim to hold the mirror up to the world's stage upon which the audience are the actors . Shakespeare makes a comedy by re- fusing to make his characters ' sport a comedy . By dooming their " old ...
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... audience an epilogue on behalf of all the players . Though the audience who have been entertained in the play- world of Navarre are now bid to return to their own worlds , it is to be expected that they carry something of its vision ...
... audience an epilogue on behalf of all the players . Though the audience who have been entertained in the play- world of Navarre are now bid to return to their own worlds , it is to be expected that they carry something of its vision ...
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