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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Page 77
... fact , Helena does not hear of Bertram in Florence laying siege to a lady of that city and then go to Florence herself ( the implication being that she goes to take advantage of the situ- ation ) ; but more interesting than the error of ...
... fact , Helena does not hear of Bertram in Florence laying siege to a lady of that city and then go to Florence herself ( the implication being that she goes to take advantage of the situ- ation ) ; but more interesting than the error of ...
Page 84
... fact , but shrewdly avoiding any demonstration of the fact . Indeed , the net of the practice perpetrated on us by the dramatist is greater still : the failure of Parolles's unmasking to open Bertram's eyes to him- self makes Helena's ...
... fact , but shrewdly avoiding any demonstration of the fact . Indeed , the net of the practice perpetrated on us by the dramatist is greater still : the failure of Parolles's unmasking to open Bertram's eyes to him- self makes Helena's ...
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... fact that Shakespeare made his Caesar innocent of the crime of tyranny . For no other reason , we submit , than to deepen the tragedy by showing the human victim in Caesar - before he proceeds to show it in Brutus . Logically enough ...
... fact that Shakespeare made his Caesar innocent of the crime of tyranny . For no other reason , we submit , than to deepen the tragedy by showing the human victim in Caesar - before he proceeds to show it in Brutus . Logically enough ...
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