Shakespearean CriticismPresents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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Page 179
... gives the " sway , revenue and execution of the rest . . . . " It is unlikely that , in this emergency , Lear would give the two dukes more power than he had originally intended to give the three dukes together ( including the Duke of ...
... gives the " sway , revenue and execution of the rest . . . . " It is unlikely that , in this emergency , Lear would give the two dukes more power than he had originally intended to give the three dukes together ( including the Duke of ...
Page 198
... gives thee better counsel , give me mine again : I would have none but knaves follow it , since a fool gives it . ( II . iv . 68-77 ) . To that metaphorical prose counsel the Fool adds still another ditty which sums up what he has just ...
... gives thee better counsel , give me mine again : I would have none but knaves follow it , since a fool gives it . ( II . iv . 68-77 ) . To that metaphorical prose counsel the Fool adds still another ditty which sums up what he has just ...
Page 255
... give Cornwall his cue ; Gloucester's reward for courage is to have his eyes plucked out . Even here , his experience is at a different level from Lear's . Both men suffer physical and mental torment , but the physical is uppermost in ...
... give Cornwall his cue ; Gloucester's reward for courage is to have his eyes plucked out . Even here , his experience is at a different level from Lear's . Both men suffer physical and mental torment , but the physical is uppermost in ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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