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 is with the reconciliation and integration of opposing elements in an ordered society . ] Shakespeare's Cymbeline is a regrettably underrated and over- looked play . Misunderstood and evaluated upon false grounds , it is far better ...
... play is with the reconciliation and integration of opposing elements in an ordered society . ] Shakespeare's Cymbeline is a regrettably underrated and over- looked play . Misunderstood and evaluated upon false grounds , it is far better ...
Page 313
... play . Of his emotional impression upon the reader and audience there can be no doubt . But in terms of the play's structure in expressing the themes cited above he is not the chief character , and though his own individual destiny is ...
... play . Of his emotional impression upon the reader and audience there can be no doubt . But in terms of the play's structure in expressing the themes cited above he is not the chief character , and though his own individual destiny is ...
Page 352
... play to a theme which , when we understand it , tells us which of our responses we must suppress . ( pp . 5-8 ) My chief concern here , as I said above , is not with such dismal stuff but rather with a less obviously procrustean kind of ...
... play to a theme which , when we understand it , tells us which of our responses we must suppress . ( pp . 5-8 ) My chief concern here , as I said above , is not with such dismal stuff but rather with a less obviously procrustean kind of ...
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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