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 183
... falls . Yet in his fall he is glorious : the one false judgment of his life brings him , what is more to him than victory , the chance of maintaining the calmness of principle amid the ruins of a falling cause , and showing how a Stoic ...
... falls . Yet in his fall he is glorious : the one false judgment of his life brings him , what is more to him than victory , the chance of maintaining the calmness of principle amid the ruins of a falling cause , and showing how a Stoic ...
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... fall of a man of overwhelming greatness - this was the old idea , of which Marlowe's ' Tam- burlaine ' may be cited as the type ; and at the same time we have retribution falling upon a good man whose very goodness has made him wrong ...
... fall of a man of overwhelming greatness - this was the old idea , of which Marlowe's ' Tam- burlaine ' may be cited as the type ; and at the same time we have retribution falling upon a good man whose very goodness has made him wrong ...
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... fall down ; And being prostrate , thus he bid me say : Brutus is noble , wise , valiant , and honest . [ III . i . 123-26 ] Here a threefold repetition , " kneel , " " fall down , " and " being prostrate , " brings the ceremonial irony ...
... fall down ; And being prostrate , thus he bid me say : Brutus is noble , wise , valiant , and honest . [ III . i . 123-26 ] Here a threefold repetition , " kneel , " " fall down , " and " being prostrate , " brings the ceremonial irony ...
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