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The scene certainly seems to work on these terms in the theater . We are being lifted out of ordinary reality , and the rhyme , by making the speeches stylized , contributes powerfully to this effect . It is interesting to note that the ...
The scene certainly seems to work on these terms in the theater . We are being lifted out of ordinary reality , and the rhyme , by making the speeches stylized , contributes powerfully to this effect . It is interesting to note that the ...
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In this scene , indeed , Shakespeare seems to demystify an Antony who has himself been the agent of Brutus's demystification . Antony's image as agent of justified chaos is balanced against an image of Antony as self - seeking gangster ...
In this scene , indeed , Shakespeare seems to demystify an Antony who has himself been the agent of Brutus's demystification . Antony's image as agent of justified chaos is balanced against an image of Antony as self - seeking gangster ...
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As Brutus's play is an attempt to mystify Caesar , so does Shakespeare's seem an attempt to mystify his Caesar , the sitting English monarch . It is a tragedy : it seems to heroicize the fallen by seeming to show the fall to be both ...
As Brutus's play is an attempt to mystify Caesar , so does Shakespeare's seem an attempt to mystify his Caesar , the sitting English monarch . It is a tragedy : it seems to heroicize the fallen by seeming to show the fall to be both ...
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| Title | Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 63 Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Gale Research Company |
| Contributor | Gale Research Company |
| Publisher | Gale Research Company, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0787652385, 9780787652388 |
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