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 |
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Page 413
... lovers share can only be destructive . Two other important essays on this theme were offered in the 1960s by Robert O. Evans and Roy W. Battenhouse . Evans declared that it is misleading to view Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy of fate ...
... lovers share can only be destructive . Two other important essays on this theme were offered in the 1960s by Robert O. Evans and Roy W. Battenhouse . Evans declared that it is misleading to view Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy of fate ...
Page 481
... lovers with happiness only to " cast them down to sorrow and to ruin . " The critic adds , however , that Shakespeare modified this tragic rendering of his lovers ' ordeal by placing it within the larger context of the family feud and ...
... lovers with happiness only to " cast them down to sorrow and to ruin . " The critic adds , however , that Shakespeare modified this tragic rendering of his lovers ' ordeal by placing it within the larger context of the family feud and ...
Page 575
... lovers . Other characters see other forces at work . Thus instead of perceiving the hand of Love , Fortune , or Death in what befalls the lovers , the Friar and the Prince offer a more orthodox explanation . The Friar may , like the lovers ...
... lovers . Other characters see other forces at work . Thus instead of perceiving the hand of Love , Fortune , or Death in what befalls the lovers , the Friar and the Prince offer a more orthodox explanation . The Friar may , like the lovers ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | 328 |
Romeo and Juliet | 409 |
Copyright | |
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