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 186
... justice and the thief , the beadle and the whore . Moreover , the system of justice is always un- just in its application , allowing the wealthy and pow- erful to elude its net while wreaking full vengeance on the poor . This is why ...
... justice and the thief , the beadle and the whore . Moreover , the system of justice is always un- just in its application , allowing the wealthy and pow- erful to elude its net while wreaking full vengeance on the poor . This is why ...
Page 187
... justice is natural , there are natural crimes , natural punishments and rewards , perhaps natural kings as well , and the fundamental injustices and virtuous actions of the play are themselves rooted in nature . If justice is ...
... justice is natural , there are natural crimes , natural punishments and rewards , perhaps natural kings as well , and the fundamental injustices and virtuous actions of the play are themselves rooted in nature . If justice is ...
Page 190
... justice than by war . It is closer to the understanding of nature in Plato and Aristotle than in Heracleitus or the materialists . We do not know why Edmund suddenly decides to do a good deed in his dying moments , and it is even harder ...
... justice than by war . It is closer to the understanding of nature in Plato and Aristotle than in Heracleitus or the materialists . We do not know why Edmund suddenly decides to do a good deed in his dying moments , and it is even harder ...
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Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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