Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 63Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... young Count of Rossillion . Yet Helena has come in for her share of criti- cism too . She is forward , obstinate , manipulative , op- portunistic . She does not heal the king out of patriotic fer- vour but because she has an eye for the ...
... young Count of Rossillion . Yet Helena has come in for her share of criti- cism too . She is forward , obstinate , manipulative , op- portunistic . She does not heal the king out of patriotic fer- vour but because she has an eye for the ...
Page 85
... young lady in the first line . Customarily in espousals one would say " I take thee for my wife , or husband . " Here Helena seems almost too conscious of the social difference between her and Bertram and therefore she changes the words ...
... young lady in the first line . Customarily in espousals one would say " I take thee for my wife , or husband . " Here Helena seems almost too conscious of the social difference between her and Bertram and therefore she changes the words ...
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... young people , especially for girls . But in All's Well , the loss of virginity appears rather surprisingly to disturb Bertram even more than Helena , who is willing to give all for the love of her childhood playmate . In contrast ...
... young people , especially for girls . But in All's Well , the loss of virginity appears rather surprisingly to disturb Bertram even more than Helena , who is willing to give all for the love of her childhood playmate . In contrast ...
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