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 343
... moral terms . Nor is it enough to say that Jessica demonstrates the inevitable discrepancy between abstract ideals and their imperfect human realization , giving individual life to Portia's generalization “ That in the course of justice ...
... moral terms . Nor is it enough to say that Jessica demonstrates the inevitable discrepancy between abstract ideals and their imperfect human realization , giving individual life to Portia's generalization “ That in the course of justice ...
Page 547
... moral cliché to be enlightening . Intrigue , dissimulation , and the seduction of virtue define the enterprise of the Common Enemy throughout the Christian mythos ; and the diabolism in the language of this play is a figure for the ...
... moral cliché to be enlightening . Intrigue , dissimulation , and the seduction of virtue define the enterprise of the Common Enemy throughout the Christian mythos ; and the diabolism in the language of this play is a figure for the ...
Page 551
... moral display , is relatively subdued and fragmentary , modified by indirection and mainly limited to sentences and half - sentences that twist in and out of his more relevant phraseology . Finally , while the stark anti- nomy of the ...
... moral display , is relatively subdued and fragmentary , modified by indirection and mainly limited to sentences and half - sentences that twist in and out of his more relevant phraseology . Finally , while the stark anti- nomy of the ...
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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