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 179
... speak you . " " Speak thou , boy " ( V.iii . 155 , 156 ) . Finally , in a rhetorical move calculated to provoke him , she turns to go , acknowledging the failure of her words : " Yet give us our dispatch . / I am hushed until our city ...
... speak you . " " Speak thou , boy " ( V.iii . 155 , 156 ) . Finally , in a rhetorical move calculated to provoke him , she turns to go , acknowledging the failure of her words : " Yet give us our dispatch . / I am hushed until our city ...
Page 180
... speak my griefs unspeakable " ( 31-32 ) and then goes on to speak them for more than a hundred lines , pausing once as if to break off ( " O , let me say no more ! / Gather the sequel by that went before " [ 94-95 ] ) but is urged by ...
... speak my griefs unspeakable " ( 31-32 ) and then goes on to speak them for more than a hundred lines , pausing once as if to break off ( " O , let me say no more ! / Gather the sequel by that went before " [ 94-95 ] ) but is urged by ...
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... speak to her , as my living wife ? Speak to her . All that you desired is yours . Oh , eyes and body of my dearest wife , I have you now beyond all hope . I never thought to see you again . * Several details of this are close to The ...
... speak to her , as my living wife ? Speak to her . All that you desired is yours . Oh , eyes and body of my dearest wife , I have you now beyond all hope . I never thought to see you again . * Several details of this are close to The ...
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Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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