Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 13Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 371
... Cleopatra's " full supremacy ” over his spirit ( 3.11.59 ) . Earlier Cleopatra , as she proposes to play billiards with Mardian , makes a revealing comparison : " As well a woman with an eunuch play'd / As with a woman " ( 2.5.5-6 ) ...
... Cleopatra's " full supremacy ” over his spirit ( 3.11.59 ) . Earlier Cleopatra , as she proposes to play billiards with Mardian , makes a revealing comparison : " As well a woman with an eunuch play'd / As with a woman " ( 2.5.5-6 ) ...
Page 375
... Cleopatra : These strong Egyptian fetters I must break , Or lose myself in dotage . I must from this enchanting ... Cleopatra's drawing power . Our expectations are countered when the Roman soldier , Enobarbus , departs from his ...
... Cleopatra : These strong Egyptian fetters I must break , Or lose myself in dotage . I must from this enchanting ... Cleopatra's drawing power . Our expectations are countered when the Roman soldier , Enobarbus , departs from his ...
Page 389
... Cleopatra who governs the stage - managing one , who by then is more poetess than playwright's cantankerous helper . " My desolation does begin to make / A better life " Although Antony leaves the play in time to give Cleopatra the ...
... Cleopatra who governs the stage - managing one , who by then is more poetess than playwright's cantankerous helper . " My desolation does begin to make / A better life " Although Antony leaves the play in time to give Cleopatra the ...
Contents
Camille Wells Slights The Raw and the Cooked in The Taming of the Shrew | 11 |
A Reading of The Two Gentlemen | 18 |
Festive Theory | 36 |
Copyright | |
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