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 74
... Pedro's plot provides the plotters with the op- portunity to tease their victims with some home - truths real or imagined . On the men's side : DON PEDRO : She doth well . If she should make tender of her love , ' tis very possible he ...
... Pedro's plot provides the plotters with the op- portunity to tease their victims with some home - truths real or imagined . On the men's side : DON PEDRO : She doth well . If she should make tender of her love , ' tis very possible he ...
Page 136
... Pedro , but an oblique Pedro wooing in the name of Claudio . Claudio is , in a sense , Pedro's mask . Pedro is Claudio's voice . As audience , we don't know whether Pedro is pretending to be Claudio or simply speaking on Claudio's ...
... Pedro , but an oblique Pedro wooing in the name of Claudio . Claudio is , in a sense , Pedro's mask . Pedro is Claudio's voice . As audience , we don't know whether Pedro is pretending to be Claudio or simply speaking on Claudio's ...
Page 230
... Pedro will tell Claudio and the others that " fair Hero is won . " What has been the method of Pedro's wooing and winning Hero during their presumable absence from the stage ? Don Pedro , like most of the other men in attendance , is ...
... Pedro will tell Claudio and the others that " fair Hero is won . " What has been the method of Pedro's wooing and winning Hero during their presumable absence from the stage ? Don Pedro , like most of the other men in attendance , is ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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