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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... lead into gold . Everything in it comes back to that . Only the symbols are employed in a double sense , one worldly and one spiritual . By a kind of illuminating confusion , gold is lead and lead is gold , the base precious and the ...
... lead into gold . Everything in it comes back to that . Only the symbols are employed in a double sense , one worldly and one spiritual . By a kind of illuminating confusion , gold is lead and lead is gold , the base precious and the ...
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... lead casket that he is Portia's true love . But the choice of gold and silver by Morocco and Arragon , and the choice of lead by Bassanio are made to recall and comment upon Shylock's love of gold and his insistence upon receiving ...
... lead casket that he is Portia's true love . But the choice of gold and silver by Morocco and Arragon , and the choice of lead by Bassanio are made to recall and comment upon Shylock's love of gold and his insistence upon receiving ...
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... lead " Which rather threaten'st than does promise aught . [ III . ii . 105 ] The deceptiveness of appearances is the explicit theme of Bas- sanio's long speech which immediately precedes his correct choice of the lead casket ...
... lead " Which rather threaten'st than does promise aught . [ III . ii . 105 ] The deceptiveness of appearances is the explicit theme of Bas- sanio's long speech which immediately precedes his correct choice of the lead casket ...
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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