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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... attempt to impersonate the father as lover and tyrant , to appropriate his sexual and social power . This at- tempt to literally be the father , to stand in his place , ends in the humiliating powerlessness which Demetrius , Lysan- der ...
... attempt to impersonate the father as lover and tyrant , to appropriate his sexual and social power . This at- tempt to literally be the father , to stand in his place , ends in the humiliating powerlessness which Demetrius , Lysan- der ...
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... attempt to per- suade him fails . To be sure , Shylock is a figure of oppres- sive power in a drama with an archetypal structure : like the powerful Jews who pursue a remarkably un - Semitic Jesus to death in medieval drama , Shylock ...
... attempt to per- suade him fails . To be sure , Shylock is a figure of oppres- sive power in a drama with an archetypal structure : like the powerful Jews who pursue a remarkably un - Semitic Jesus to death in medieval drama , Shylock ...
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... attempt to make sexuality curative , suspi- cion of sexuality remains the dominant emotional fact of the play . Even here , where Shakespeare attempts Panda- rus - like to bring two together , we are left with a sense of failure about ...
... attempt to make sexuality curative , suspi- cion of sexuality remains the dominant emotional fact of the play . Even here , where Shakespeare attempts Panda- rus - like to bring two together , we are left with a sense of failure about ...
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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