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 277
... effect is mixed in various degrees between our responding to the mechanism as menacing and laughing at it as ridiculous . So in the great scene in which Solanio and Salerio taunt Shy- lock , the potentiality of pathos produces effects ...
... effect is mixed in various degrees between our responding to the mechanism as menacing and laughing at it as ridiculous . So in the great scene in which Solanio and Salerio taunt Shy- lock , the potentiality of pathos produces effects ...
Page 316
... effect to the extent of conferring upon his Jew , at the moments when that effect requires them , a consistency and human solidity which , re- flecting disquieting aspects of the real world , threatens at times to break through the ...
... effect to the extent of conferring upon his Jew , at the moments when that effect requires them , a consistency and human solidity which , re- flecting disquieting aspects of the real world , threatens at times to break through the ...
Page 335
... effect of scapegoating extends to the audience . In The Merchant of Venice , at least , and perhaps in many other plays , the Aristotelian catharsis is a scapegoat effect . As an embodiment of Venetian justice , the duke should be ...
... effect of scapegoating extends to the audience . In The Merchant of Venice , at least , and perhaps in many other plays , the Aristotelian catharsis is a scapegoat effect . As an embodiment of Venetian justice , the duke should be ...
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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