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 67
... political time is ripe . Another interesting , but disturbing , incident in the play's denouement is Falstaff's faked death which enables him to pretend that he has killed Hotspur , after having escaped being killed by Douglas . For the ...
... political time is ripe . Another interesting , but disturbing , incident in the play's denouement is Falstaff's faked death which enables him to pretend that he has killed Hotspur , after having escaped being killed by Douglas . For the ...
Page 178
... political marriage- " his flirtation with Caesar's rather than with Cleopatra's values , " as Marsh maintains— that brings about his political overthrow ( 1976 , 167 ) . Throughout the tragedy Octavius is the epitome of the politician ...
... political marriage- " his flirtation with Caesar's rather than with Cleopatra's values , " as Marsh maintains— that brings about his political overthrow ( 1976 , 167 ) . Throughout the tragedy Octavius is the epitome of the politician ...
Page 238
... political and social worlds are based may also be fictitious . Both political and social authority de- pend on a patriarchal system of inheritance . In the family , power rests with the father who rules over those who have inherited or ...
... political and social worlds are based may also be fictitious . Both political and social authority de- pend on a patriarchal system of inheritance . In the family , power rests with the father who rules over those who have inherited or ...
Contents
Deception in Shakespeares Plays | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 70 |
Cymbeline | 205 |
Copyright | |
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