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 227
... casket story enforces this . . . . It is character as affecting judgment that determines the choice of the three suitors who dare to stake their future on the lottery of the caskets . The prince of Morocco is moved both by the ...
... casket story enforces this . . . . It is character as affecting judgment that determines the choice of the three suitors who dare to stake their future on the lottery of the caskets . The prince of Morocco is moved both by the ...
Page 254
... casket story to the principal Christian char- acters to define their essential identities . He thus likens Bassanio to the golden casket in his disguised pursuit of wealth ; Antonio to the silver in his choice of a career which brought ...
... casket story to the principal Christian char- acters to define their essential identities . He thus likens Bassanio to the golden casket in his disguised pursuit of wealth ; Antonio to the silver in his choice of a career which brought ...
Page 292
... casket story in the Gesta Romanorum which is almost certainly Shakespeare's source for this incident . In the Gesta the casket choice tests the worthiness of a maiden ( the soul ) to wed the son of an Emperor ( Christ ) . The moral ...
... casket story in the Gesta Romanorum which is almost certainly Shakespeare's source for this incident . In the Gesta the casket choice tests the worthiness of a maiden ( the soul ) to wed the son of an Emperor ( Christ ) . The moral ...
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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