Shakespearean CriticismPresents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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Page 216
... Look on her , look , her lips , / Look there , look there ! [ Dies . ] " ( 5.3.309-10 ) .18 As before , he desires her speech and gains nothing . Shakespeare reconstructs his design so that this last question and command extend from the ...
... Look on her , look , her lips , / Look there , look there ! [ Dies . ] " ( 5.3.309-10 ) .18 As before , he desires her speech and gains nothing . Shakespeare reconstructs his design so that this last question and command extend from the ...
Page 222
... looks , speaks , to her lips , there , " there . " Shakespeare phrases Lear's words so that no one shall see as much as the king commands . We are told to look , and we are left . We can , however , see what he says and read there the ...
... looks , speaks , to her lips , there , " there . " Shakespeare phrases Lear's words so that no one shall see as much as the king commands . We are told to look , and we are left . We can , however , see what he says and read there the ...
Page 283
... Look on her , look , her lips , / Look there ! Look there ! " ( 5.3.309-10 ) . For the first time in the his- tory of the genre , the tragic hero's achievement is largely a matter of hanging on . So it is fitting that Lear's final words ...
... Look on her , look , her lips , / Look there ! Look there ! " ( 5.3.309-10 ) . For the first time in the his- tory of the genre , the tragic hero's achievement is largely a matter of hanging on . So it is fitting that Lear's final words ...
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The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
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