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 176
... lovers ' renewal of innocence is completed only after a rigorous purging of their sexual frailty . Imogen's grotesque experience with Cloten's body is therefore part of a pattern of erotic punishment in which both lovers suffer for the ...
... lovers ' renewal of innocence is completed only after a rigorous purging of their sexual frailty . Imogen's grotesque experience with Cloten's body is therefore part of a pattern of erotic punishment in which both lovers suffer for the ...
Page 279
... lovers ' adventures and tedious casket scenes . " He claims instead that the two focal points in the play are not Shylock and “ the lovers or the romance theme , ” but Shylock and Antonio - or , more specifically , these two char ...
... lovers ' adventures and tedious casket scenes . " He claims instead that the two focal points in the play are not Shylock and “ the lovers or the romance theme , ” but Shylock and Antonio - or , more specifically , these two char ...
Page 306
... lovers . . . . The quite direct drawing in of Jessica and Lorenzo themselves to this train of allusions leaves no doubt that they are to be under- stood as having a cautionary bearing upon the lovers at Bel- mont . We are being prompted ...
... lovers . . . . The quite direct drawing in of Jessica and Lorenzo themselves to this train of allusions leaves no doubt that they are to be under- stood as having a cautionary bearing upon the lovers at Bel- mont . We are being prompted ...
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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