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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... justice . Human justice has persistently imprisoned and put to death the noblest men and women , from the Hebrew prophets or Socrates , through the long roll of apostles and martyrs to Joan of Arc or Thomas More or William Tyndall , and ...
... justice . Human justice has persistently imprisoned and put to death the noblest men and women , from the Hebrew prophets or Socrates , through the long roll of apostles and martyrs to Joan of Arc or Thomas More or William Tyndall , and ...
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... justice is served when a lecher hangs a lecher . Reversing Isabella's demand , he would have Angelo judge himself as he judges others — a patent impossi- bility . Thus a higher justice than Vienna's demands that Clau- dio be set free ...
... justice is served when a lecher hangs a lecher . Reversing Isabella's demand , he would have Angelo judge himself as he judges others — a patent impossi- bility . Thus a higher justice than Vienna's demands that Clau- dio be set free ...
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... justice : There is a vice that most I do abhor , And most desire should meet the blow of justice . [ II . ii . 29-30 ] Were it not for a peculiar context - that the offender happens to be her own brother - Isabella would be supporting ...
... justice : There is a vice that most I do abhor , And most desire should meet the blow of justice . [ II . ii . 29-30 ] Were it not for a peculiar context - that the offender happens to be her own brother - Isabella would be supporting ...
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