Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 5Gale Research Company, 1984 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 88
Page 253
... Chorus - prologue of Troilus and Cressida , who says : hither am I come A prologue arm'd , but not in confidence Of author's pen or actor's voice , but suited In like conditions as our argument , To tell you , fair beholders , that our ...
... Chorus - prologue of Troilus and Cressida , who says : hither am I come A prologue arm'd , but not in confidence Of author's pen or actor's voice , but suited In like conditions as our argument , To tell you , fair beholders , that our ...
Page 290
... chorus's comments on the preparations of England's fiery youth , selling " pasture now , to buy the horse " [ Chorus , II , 5 ] and the reference to the French plot create a sense of tension that , since there is actually less fighting ...
... chorus's comments on the preparations of England's fiery youth , selling " pasture now , to buy the horse " [ Chorus , II , 5 ] and the reference to the French plot create a sense of tension that , since there is actually less fighting ...
Page 294
... Chorus plays the latter role in a curious way , because where the Epi- logues of Shakespeare's plays are appropriately deferential to his audience , the Chorus to Henry V is absolutely obsequious to the " gentles all " whom he addresses ...
... Chorus plays the latter role in a curious way , because where the Epi- logues of Shakespeare's plays are appropriately deferential to his audience , the Chorus to Henry V is absolutely obsequious to the " gentles all " whom he addresses ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | 328 |
Romeo and Juliet | 409 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Agincourt argues audience Audrey banished Bardolph battle battle of Agincourt brother Celia character Chorus claim comedy comic contrast conventional Corin court critic disguise dramatic dramatist Duke Senior E. K. Chambers Elizabethan England English epic Epilogue essay date Falstaff father feeling Fluellen following excerpt fool Ford Forest of Arden France French Ganymede Harfleur Harry heart Henry Henry's Hermann Ulrici hero Holinshed human humor ideal Jaques Jaques's king king's lovers melancholy Merchant of Venice Merry Wives Midsummer Night's Dream mind Mistress moral nature night Oliver Orlando passion pastoral Phebe Pistol play play's plot poet political Prince prose Richard II role romantic Rosalind Salic law satire says scene sense Shake Shakespeare Shakspere Silvius social soldiers speak speare speare's speech spirit stage theme things thou Touchstone Touchstone's Twelfth Night verse William William Shakespeare Wives of Windsor wooing words