Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 4Laurie Lanzen Harris Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 297
... Jessica and Lorenzo moon in Belmont to no intelligible purpose , as they were brought there for no in- telligible reason . I find it hard to imagine that Shakespeare , when he thought up the Jessica action , was not thinking of a ...
... Jessica and Lorenzo moon in Belmont to no intelligible purpose , as they were brought there for no in- telligible reason . I find it hard to imagine that Shakespeare , when he thought up the Jessica action , was not thinking of a ...
Page 342
... Jessica's influence on the other char- acters in the play , stating that the audience is meant to be glad that Jessica loves rather than hates , to approve her decision to reject her father's values and to ally herself through Lorenzo ...
... Jessica's influence on the other char- acters in the play , stating that the audience is meant to be glad that Jessica loves rather than hates , to approve her decision to reject her father's values and to ally herself through Lorenzo ...
Page 344
... Jessica makes us feel uneasy , then , not because of unworthy values or because of negative qualities intrinsic to ... Jessica's story is nei- ther a precursor of the rash escapade of Jane Austen's Lydia Bennett [ in Pride and Prejudice ] ...
... Jessica makes us feel uneasy , then , not because of unworthy values or because of negative qualities intrinsic to ... Jessica's story is nei- ther a precursor of the rash escapade of Jane Austen's Lydia Bennett [ in Pride and Prejudice ] ...
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action Additional Bibliography Anna Brownell Jameson Antonio appears argues Arviragus audience August Wilhelm Schlegel Bassanio beauty Belarius Belmont bond Britain casket character Christian Cloten comedy comic conflict contends contrast conventions court critics Cymbe Cymbeline Cymbeline's daughter death Desdemona disguise dramatic dream E. K. Chambers Elizabethan emotional essay date excerpt father feeling final give Granville-Barker Gratiano Guiderius Harley Granville-Barker harmony hath Hermann Ulrici human husband Iachimo ideal imagery Imogen irony Jessica Jupiter justice King Lorenzo lovers means Merchant of Venice mercy moral nature Nerissa Othello passion Pisanio play's plot poet Portia Posthumus Posthumus's pound of flesh Queen repentance revenge ring romance sadness seems sense sexual Shake Shakespeare Shylock significance soliloquy soul speare's speech spirit story suggests symbolic thee theme thing thou tragedy tragic trial scene true truth Venetian villain virtue vision wager wife William Hazlitt Winter's Tale words