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 115
... death " deals with these fears through a ritual transformation of darkness into light , death into the new life that such a descent can yield . However , the play's resolution does not come any more ac- cording to the priest's than to ...
... death " deals with these fears through a ritual transformation of darkness into light , death into the new life that such a descent can yield . However , the play's resolution does not come any more ac- cording to the priest's than to ...
Page 200
... death . In tragic drama , however , the demands are of another order . Death , the end of mortal life , is absolute in tragedy : tragedy cannot , and Shakespeare's never attempts to , postpone payment of the wages to an eternal post ...
... death . In tragic drama , however , the demands are of another order . Death , the end of mortal life , is absolute in tragedy : tragedy cannot , and Shakespeare's never attempts to , postpone payment of the wages to an eternal post ...
Page 468
... death is part of its poetic expression , not its essence . Characters are pointedly reborn , after all , into a world of time and a state of continuing physical subjection to death . What is offered at once the goal and the reward ...
... death is part of its poetic expression , not its essence . Characters are pointedly reborn , after all , into a world of time and a state of continuing physical subjection to death . What is offered at once the goal and the reward ...
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