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 167
... silence . Two kinds of silence may be said to infiltrate the noisy and whirling action of the play . One is the silence of death and the other is that of art ( mime ) . Both are acted out on the stage . That is , they are present to the ...
... silence . Two kinds of silence may be said to infiltrate the noisy and whirling action of the play . One is the silence of death and the other is that of art ( mime ) . Both are acted out on the stage . That is , they are present to the ...
Page 216
... silence the capitulation to the conspiracy which will soon follow . In performance , the silent Brutus with the lean and hungry Cassius counterpoised against the speech of Caesar and Antony provides the audience with a visual image of ...
... silence the capitulation to the conspiracy which will soon follow . In performance , the silent Brutus with the lean and hungry Cassius counterpoised against the speech of Caesar and Antony provides the audience with a visual image of ...
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... silent control of events . When men choose silence , it is often a means to an end rather than an end in itself as the passive resignation of women's silence often implies . Male characters , like Bolingbroke , choose to be silent ...
... silent control of events . When men choose silence , it is often a means to an end rather than an end in itself as the passive resignation of women's silence often implies . Male characters , like Bolingbroke , choose to be silent ...
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Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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