Shakespearean CriticismPresents 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 82
... Borachio should properly " be condemned into everlasting redemption " ( IV.ii.51-52 ) . Here the edi- tor may be relied upon to gloss " redemption " as a mistake for " damnation " —a conjecture which is sound enough as far as it goes ...
... Borachio should properly " be condemned into everlasting redemption " ( IV.ii.51-52 ) . Here the edi- tor may be relied upon to gloss " redemption " as a mistake for " damnation " —a conjecture which is sound enough as far as it goes ...
Page 231
... Borachio tell Conrade of his successful practice . Moreover , unlike the wooing scene , which ends up having consequences only for Hero and Clau- dio , the chamber - window scene greatly affects all subsequent aspects of the play's ...
... Borachio tell Conrade of his successful practice . Moreover , unlike the wooing scene , which ends up having consequences only for Hero and Clau- dio , the chamber - window scene greatly affects all subsequent aspects of the play's ...
Page 233
... Borachio reads the missing scene to Conrade , he mentions no word that intrinsically must discredit or dishonor Margaret , his partner in this " ami- able encounter . " If others take Margaret for Hero and assume the worst , that is ...
... Borachio reads the missing scene to Conrade , he mentions no word that intrinsically must discredit or dishonor Margaret , his partner in this " ami- able encounter . " If others take Margaret for Hero and assume the worst , that is ...
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Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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