Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 7Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... Plutarch's narra- tives not only to represent Caesar as a great ruler and his as- sassination as a heinous crime , but also to portray Brutus as a tragic hero - the first of the dramatist's “ superb tragic figures who fail through false ...
... Plutarch's narra- tives not only to represent Caesar as a great ruler and his as- sassination as a heinous crime , but also to portray Brutus as a tragic hero - the first of the dramatist's “ superb tragic figures who fail through false ...
Page 322
... Plutarch , who shows Antony in a consistently bad light . ( pp . 58-9 ) Shakespeare makes Plutarch's Antony both better and worse . In what seems authentic grief , he moves us ; he speaks the surest words for Caesar ; he has the final ...
... Plutarch , who shows Antony in a consistently bad light . ( pp . 58-9 ) Shakespeare makes Plutarch's Antony both better and worse . In what seems authentic grief , he moves us ; he speaks the surest words for Caesar ; he has the final ...
Page 323
... Plutarch . The character of Cassius offers similar problems of interpre- tation . Plutarch tells us that some thought that Cassius hated Caesar " privately more than he did the tyranny openly " ; but we are quickly assured that this is ...
... Plutarch . The character of Cassius offers similar problems of interpre- tation . Plutarch tells us that some thought that Cassius hated Caesar " privately more than he did the tyranny openly " ; but we are quickly assured that this is ...
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