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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... women apart . The play's first scene quickly exposes the pretensions of masculine idealism and the fear of women which underlies it . The King's opening 23 - line speech is too circumspect to mention directly the need to avoid women ...
... women apart . The play's first scene quickly exposes the pretensions of masculine idealism and the fear of women which underlies it . The King's opening 23 - line speech is too circumspect to mention directly the need to avoid women ...
Page 236
... women's sake , by whom we men are men " ( 357 ) with " Or for men's sake , the authors of these women " ( 356 ) . The trouble with this image of mutuality is that it is wishful thinking . At this point in the play , we have already seen ...
... women's sake , by whom we men are men " ( 357 ) with " Or for men's sake , the authors of these women " ( 356 ) . The trouble with this image of mutuality is that it is wishful thinking . At this point in the play , we have already seen ...
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... women's ap- proach . Certainly they are far from being benign , pas- sive educators whose eyes silently instruct and in- spire the men . In A Midsummer Night's Dream , Helena's complaints expose the poetic reflex by which men " vow and ...
... women's ap- proach . Certainly they are far from being benign , pas- sive educators whose eyes silently instruct and in- spire the men . In A Midsummer Night's Dream , Helena's complaints expose the poetic reflex by which men " vow and ...
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