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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... passion , excitement of passion may stimulate its display ; and it is remarkable that so long as Lear retains the least control over his passion , his imagination remains comparatively dull , his eloquence tame . It is only when ...
... passion , excitement of passion may stimulate its display ; and it is remarkable that so long as Lear retains the least control over his passion , his imagination remains comparatively dull , his eloquence tame . It is only when ...
Page 190
... passion . Thereafter he shows his abhorrence of passion by the violence of his anathemas against lust , one of the impulses which most surely degrades man because it most completely submerges reason . On his pilgrimage he is accompanied ...
... passion . Thereafter he shows his abhorrence of passion by the violence of his anathemas against lust , one of the impulses which most surely degrades man because it most completely submerges reason . On his pilgrimage he is accompanied ...
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... passion of a Lear . Is it not , then , as impossible to suppose that the error was childish , foolish , or knavish , which was , in an important way , the cause of such a passion ? It is true that the action which precipitated Lear's ...
... passion of a Lear . Is it not , then , as impossible to suppose that the error was childish , foolish , or knavish , which was , in an important way , the cause of such a passion ? It is true that the action which precipitated Lear's ...
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