Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 6Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... death assumes a fresh poetic function ; it becomes a dissolution , a purging of all the earthly elements upon which love had been based : I am fire and air ; my other elements I give to baser life . [ V. ii . 289-90 ] On the edge of death ...
... death assumes a fresh poetic function ; it becomes a dissolution , a purging of all the earthly elements upon which love had been based : I am fire and air ; my other elements I give to baser life . [ V. ii . 289-90 ] On the edge of death ...
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... death scene of Antony , not the bungling death - stroke but the dying in Cleo- patra's arms . To me the death of Enobarbus just fails of its effect . One can see the perfect dramatic point and the not quite achieved purpose of it ...
... death scene of Antony , not the bungling death - stroke but the dying in Cleo- patra's arms . To me the death of Enobarbus just fails of its effect . One can see the perfect dramatic point and the not quite achieved purpose of it ...
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... Death awhile , until Of many thousand kisses the poor last I lay upon thy lips . [ IV . xv . 18-21 ] Again she reassures him that she is not Caesar's in reversion , for this is Antony's last anxiety - this and his honour in death . As ...
... Death awhile , until Of many thousand kisses the poor last I lay upon thy lips . [ IV . xv . 18-21 ] Again she reassures him that she is not Caesar's in reversion , for this is Antony's last anxiety - this and his honour in death . As ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Richard II | 241 |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 429 |
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