Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 9Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... citizens ! Why , begins Coriolanus , He that will give good words to thee will flatter Beneath abhorring . [ I. i . 167-68 ] There is no virtue whatever in the citizens , he declares , and any man who tells them they have virtue is a ...
... citizens ! Why , begins Coriolanus , He that will give good words to thee will flatter Beneath abhorring . [ I. i . 167-68 ] There is no virtue whatever in the citizens , he declares , and any man who tells them they have virtue is a ...
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... Citizens with staves , clubs , and other weapons " [ I. i . 1 ] . It is a violent beginning and a strong statement of the issues of the play , as can be seen in the First Citizen's question : " You are all resolv'd rather to die than to ...
... Citizens with staves , clubs , and other weapons " [ I. i . 1 ] . It is a violent beginning and a strong statement of the issues of the play , as can be seen in the First Citizen's question : " You are all resolv'd rather to die than to ...
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... citizens that any action at all on their part is bound to be hopeless : as plebians they are passive elements of society , quite alienated from con- trol over it . Menenius and the citizens thus have opposed views on the significance of ...
... citizens that any action at all on their part is bound to be hopeless : as plebians they are passive elements of society , quite alienated from con- trol over it . Menenius and the citizens thus have opposed views on the significance of ...
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King John | 204 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 310 |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | 439 |
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action Additional Bibliography Angiers Antium Antony Antony and Cleopatra appears argues Arthur asserts audience Aufidius banishment Bastard becomes Bianca blood character citizens claims comedy comic Cominius common conflict Constance contends contrast Corio Coriolanus Coriolanus's Corioli critic death dramatic Elizabethan enemy England English essay date excerpt farce father Faulconbridge feeling give hath heart hero hero's honour Hubert human husband imagery Induction iolanus John's Julius Caesar Kate Katherina King John King Lear lord Lucentio Macbeth Marcius marriage means Menenius mind moral mother nature never noble Othello Pandulph passion patricians Petruchio play's plebeians plot Plutarch poet political praise pride Richard III Roman Rome says scene seems sense Shake Shakespeare Shakespeare's plays Shrew speak speare's speech spirit Taming thee theme thing thou tragedy tragic tragic hero traitor tribunes Troublesome Reign true truth Virgilia virtue Volsces Volscians Volumnia wife words