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 297
... less ma- nipulated by fate and freer to choose his course of action , is at the same time less the master of his own fate than Oe- dipus , who orchestrates a complete investigation that ex- peditiously solves the mystery of his identity ...
... less ma- nipulated by fate and freer to choose his course of action , is at the same time less the master of his own fate than Oe- dipus , who orchestrates a complete investigation that ex- peditiously solves the mystery of his identity ...
Page 347
... less and less justifiable as the play has developed . Her order to shut the doors against her father is reprehensible , but nothing has prepared us for the sadistic pleasure she takes in Gloucester's pain , physical and psychological ...
... less and less justifiable as the play has developed . Her order to shut the doors against her father is reprehensible , but nothing has prepared us for the sadistic pleasure she takes in Gloucester's pain , physical and psychological ...
Page 508
... less intelligent and sensible than she had thought ? ' I had thought better of you ; can you really be less a man than I had believed ? ' - this is the general nature of her ques- tions throughout the scene . As challenging as Lady ...
... less intelligent and sensible than she had thought ? ' I had thought better of you ; can you really be less a man than I had believed ? ' - this is the general nature of her ques- tions throughout the scene . As challenging as Lady ...
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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