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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... play's ending , terrible though we may feel it to be . Just how we can endure it without evading the play's impact ( and the same is equally true of Desdemona's death ) largely depends on how far - if at all - we have been brought to ...
... play's ending , terrible though we may feel it to be . Just how we can endure it without evading the play's impact ( and the same is equally true of Desdemona's death ) largely depends on how far - if at all - we have been brought to ...
Page 612
... play's dramatic reality and tragic form . In an examination of the " metadramatic theme " of Titus An- dronicus , Calderwood interpreted the play as Shakespeare's attempt to unite poetry and action , word and deed , Ovid and Seneca ...
... play's dramatic reality and tragic form . In an examination of the " metadramatic theme " of Titus An- dronicus , Calderwood interpreted the play as Shakespeare's attempt to unite poetry and action , word and deed , Ovid and Seneca ...
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... play's predatory animal images and its cardinal emblem of the enduring but mutilated garden . " According to Tricomi , the play's imagery progresses from the early figure of the pastoral forest , established in the scene of Tamora's ...
... play's predatory animal images and its cardinal emblem of the enduring but mutilated garden . " According to Tricomi , the play's imagery progresses from the early figure of the pastoral forest , established in the scene of Tamora's ...
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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