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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... Benedick . Leonato is warm - hearted and generous ( ' The fashion of the world is to avoid cost , and you encounter it ' [ I. i . 97-8 ] ) . Benedick's entry to the dialogue is on the expected comic note , and an equally expected ...
... Benedick . Leonato is warm - hearted and generous ( ' The fashion of the world is to avoid cost , and you encounter it ' [ I. i . 97-8 ] ) . Benedick's entry to the dialogue is on the expected comic note , and an equally expected ...
Page 119
... 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 quite ...
... 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 quite ...
Page 120
... Benedick and 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 ...
... Benedick and 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 ...
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