Shakespearean CriticismMichelle Lee Presents 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 56
... hand Othello " knows " ( because he says it ) that words are ambiguous , that " lie on " can mean " belie " , and that it could be " words " that " shake " him ; on the other hand he not only fails to act on that knowledge , he fails ...
... hand Othello " knows " ( because he says it ) that words are ambiguous , that " lie on " can mean " belie " , and that it could be " words " that " shake " him ; on the other hand he not only fails to act on that knowledge , he fails ...
Page 58
... hand as the annals of literature afford . As the vaunted " ocular proof " of infidelity the sighting of the handkerchief is the culminating event in a series of " vision " references in the play that form as promi- nent a pattern as the ...
... hand as the annals of literature afford . As the vaunted " ocular proof " of infidelity the sighting of the handkerchief is the culminating event in a series of " vision " references in the play that form as promi- nent a pattern as the ...
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... hands as a pledge when the marriage with Octavia is arranged ( " Let me have thy hand . . . . There's my hand ” 2.2.146 , 149 ) ; Pompey shakes hands with Antony when they meet ( 2.6.48 ) and again on the galley ( 2.7.126 ) . Menas and ...
... hands as a pledge when the marriage with Octavia is arranged ( " Let me have thy hand . . . . There's my hand ” 2.2.146 , 149 ) ; Pompey shakes hands with Antony when they meet ( 2.6.48 ) and again on the galley ( 2.7.126 ) . Menas and ...
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Deception in Shakespeares Plays | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 70 |
Cymbeline | 205 |
Copyright | |
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