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 79
... Claudio and Benedick are as- suredly not stereotypes of the soldier and the courtier . Claudio was not unhandsome as the typical " plain soldier " was , nor was his ineptness such as to make him the subject of derisive laughter in ...
... Claudio and Benedick are as- suredly not stereotypes of the soldier and the courtier . Claudio was not unhandsome as the typical " plain soldier " was , nor was his ineptness such as to make him the subject of derisive laughter in ...
Page 85
... Claudio's rejection of Hero is induced by the imposture of Don John , one neverthe- less feels strongly that this sudden change from love to vindictive hatred indicates a radical deficiency of faith and charity in Claudio . Claudio's ...
... Claudio's rejection of Hero is induced by the imposture of Don John , one neverthe- less feels strongly that this sudden change from love to vindictive hatred indicates a radical deficiency of faith and charity in Claudio . Claudio's ...
Page 122
... Claudio and the Prince recalls Iago , that other dissembling rogue who , posing as a plain - dealer , " twists ... Claudio , who had the " glory of his overthrow " ; nothing will soothe his smarting pride except an opportunity to crush ...
... Claudio and the Prince recalls Iago , that other dissembling rogue who , posing as a plain - dealer , " twists ... Claudio , who had the " glory of his overthrow " ; nothing will soothe his smarting pride except an opportunity to crush ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
Copyright | |
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action actor Alcibiades Angelo antimetabole Apemantus Arthur audience Barnardine Bastard Beatrice and Benedick becomes Borachio brother characters claim Claudio comedy comic Cordelia Coriolanus Cressida critical culture death desire Dogberry Dogberry's Don John Don Pedro dramatic Duke Duke's Elizabethan England English essay date expression father female final scene gesture give gold Hamlet hath Henry Hero Hero's Hubert human Iago interpretation Isabella John's Juliet King John King Lear lady language Lavinia Lear's Leonato London Love's Labour's Lost lovers male Mariana marriage meaning Measure for Measure moral nature notes Ophelia Othello Pandulph Philip play's plot political present Prince production Renaissance response revenge rhetoric Richard role Royal Shakespeare Company says seems sense sexual Shake Shakespeare silence speak speare speare's speech stage suggests thee thou Timon of Athens tion Titus Titus Andronicus tragedy University Press Volumnia Winter's Tale woman women words York