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 100
... romantic desires in practical ways ; Ophelia , in madness , hallu- cinates seduction and betrayal and Diana anticipates them ; Cressida seems to eschew ideals altogether and Isabella , sexuality . Stripped of the adornments of romantic ...
... romantic desires in practical ways ; Ophelia , in madness , hallu- cinates seduction and betrayal and Diana anticipates them ; Cressida seems to eschew ideals altogether and Isabella , sexuality . Stripped of the adornments of romantic ...
Page 101
... romantic comedies , it is more emphatically in decline and hence dependent on the marriages of youth for its own rejuvenation . But parent figures in the problem comedies endanger nuptials more by insisting on them than fathers and ...
... romantic comedies , it is more emphatically in decline and hence dependent on the marriages of youth for its own rejuvenation . But parent figures in the problem comedies endanger nuptials more by insisting on them than fathers and ...
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... romantic hero , " permits him to sink lower and lower in our estimation and in that of the characters of the play ... romantic ending ? Bertram bears little resemblance to Beltramo , and seems to have gone far beyond the " few mistakes ...
... romantic hero , " permits him to sink lower and lower in our estimation and in that of the characters of the play ... romantic ending ? Bertram bears little resemblance to Beltramo , and seems to have gone far beyond the " few mistakes ...
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