Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 38Gale Research Company, 1998 |
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Page 135
... Bertram and beg to be re- ceived by him , as in the original tale , devises the entire episode where Diana confronts Bertram with the evidence of their supposed affair . By so doing , Shakespeare , instead of heightening Bertram's ...
... Bertram and beg to be re- ceived by him , as in the original tale , devises the entire episode where Diana confronts Bertram with the evidence of their supposed affair . By so doing , Shakespeare , instead of heightening Bertram's ...
Page 137
... Bertram is soliciting Diana's favors , Helena's ready wit conceives the plan of having Diana agree to a meeting ... Bertram's seemingly impossible conditions is a strong motive for Helena . The conditions were stated as a cruel , cynical ...
... Bertram is soliciting Diana's favors , Helena's ready wit conceives the plan of having Diana agree to a meeting ... Bertram's seemingly impossible conditions is a strong motive for Helena . The conditions were stated as a cruel , cynical ...
Page 151
... Bertram's first speech . Bertram , too , in going mourns again his father's death because of its effect on his future : if only the old man had lived until Bertram was twenty- one ! ( Like Helena he overlays mourning with a more selfish ...
... Bertram's first speech . Bertram , too , in going mourns again his father's death because of its effect on his future : if only the old man had lived until Bertram was twenty- one ! ( Like Helena he overlays mourning with a more selfish ...
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