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 46
... role of the fool to make his living in the world , using the license of his role to point out the various self - decep- tions in the other characters . None of the masks are fully removed until the romantically magical appear- ance of ...
... role of the fool to make his living in the world , using the license of his role to point out the various self - decep- tions in the other characters . None of the masks are fully removed until the romantically magical appear- ance of ...
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... role - playing is continuous , from the moment when he decides to play the false thief at Gad's Hill , to the time when he impresses the kingdom with his new image as a chivalric knight . In between , he gives a parodic impersonation of ...
... role - playing is continuous , from the moment when he decides to play the false thief at Gad's Hill , to the time when he impresses the kingdom with his new image as a chivalric knight . In between , he gives a parodic impersonation of ...
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... role , and " character " will seem to fluctuate throughout the play , each role also tends to construe the relative " opacity " or " trans- parency " of that relationship somewhat differently.1 Observing Antony , for instance , we weigh ...
... role , and " character " will seem to fluctuate throughout the play , each role also tends to construe the relative " opacity " or " trans- parency " of that relationship somewhat differently.1 Observing Antony , for instance , we weigh ...
Contents
Deception in Shakespeares Plays | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 70 |
Cymbeline | 205 |
Copyright | |
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