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 222
... emotions , since in it the artist is endeavouring to transfer to the audience not his own judgments , but his own emotional states , through the medium of their sympathies with the woes and exultations of the characters whom he fashions ...
... emotions , since in it the artist is endeavouring to transfer to the audience not his own judgments , but his own emotional states , through the medium of their sympathies with the woes and exultations of the characters whom he fashions ...
Page 321
... emotional force behind it , it remains true that we know a good deal about Shylock , and that the emotional force which he dramatizes cannot be easily dismissed . Shakespeare's very suc- cess with Shylock causes untoward restrictions ...
... emotional force behind it , it remains true that we know a good deal about Shylock , and that the emotional force which he dramatizes cannot be easily dismissed . Shakespeare's very suc- cess with Shylock causes untoward restrictions ...
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... emotional release and a simultaneous failure to attain the artistic level of high tragedy , which makes somewhat different use of the emotions of ' pity ' and ' terror ' . This will become clear by imagining a phrase such as Lear's ' No ...
... emotional release and a simultaneous failure to attain the artistic level of high tragedy , which makes somewhat different use of the emotions of ' pity ' and ' terror ' . This will become clear by imagining a phrase such as Lear's ' No ...
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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