Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 8Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 119
... Beatrice and Benedick as well as the comedy of Dogberry and the Watch , both of which drain the serious plot of its tragic potential at the same time that they absorb its deeper implications . In most respects Benedick and Beatrice are ...
... Beatrice and Benedick as well as the comedy of Dogberry and the Watch , both of which drain the serious plot of its tragic potential at the same time that they absorb its deeper implications . In most respects Benedick and Beatrice are ...
Page 120
... Beatrice virtually embodies them . That courtship , of course , culminates in Benedick and Beatrice falling in love , and Shakespeare perhaps never more profoundly explores the nature of that state than he does in the scene in which ...
... Beatrice virtually embodies them . That courtship , of course , culminates in Benedick and Beatrice falling in love , and Shakespeare perhaps never more profoundly explores the nature of that state than he does in the scene in which ...
Page 123
... Beatrice and to disapprove of her . This is suggested in her responses to the masked Prince . Her pert " I may say so when I please " [ II . i . 92 ] reflects a struggle between two contrary pieces of advice she had just heard : on the ...
... Beatrice and to disapprove of her . This is suggested in her responses to the masked Prince . Her pert " I may say so when I please " [ II . i . 92 ] reflects a struggle between two contrary pieces of advice she had just heard : on the ...
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