Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 28Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 243
... Antony and Cleopatra and Timon of Athens . ' II Shakespeare constructed the ending of Othello in such a way that Desdemona and Othello both expire on the ter- minal note of a single heroic couplet , each concerned primarily and ...
... Antony and Cleopatra and Timon of Athens . ' II Shakespeare constructed the ending of Othello in such a way that Desdemona and Othello both expire on the ter- minal note of a single heroic couplet , each concerned primarily and ...
Page 255
... Antony and Cleopatra neverthe- less represents the exotic as insidiously threatening . Exot- icism is hardly the reigning theme in the later play , but it remains an important dimension in the complex polarity defined by Rome and Egypt ...
... Antony and Cleopatra neverthe- less represents the exotic as insidiously threatening . Exot- icism is hardly the reigning theme in the later play , but it remains an important dimension in the complex polarity defined by Rome and Egypt ...
Page 257
... Antony wins his next battle , which is on land , but loses the last confrontation by trust- ing again to water : ' Their preparation is today by sea ; / We please them not by land ' ( 4.11.1-2 ) . Throughout , the sea represents more or ...
... Antony wins his next battle , which is on land , but loses the last confrontation by trust- ing again to water : ' Their preparation is today by sea ; / We please them not by land ' ( 4.11.1-2 ) . Throughout , the sea represents more or ...
Contents
Texts and Revels in Twelfth Night | 13 |
Lynda E Boose The Taming of the Shrew Good Husbandry and Enclosure | 21 |
Juliet Dusinberre As Who Liked It? | 31 |
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