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... Desdemona is his life,' says Sir Walter Raleigh—in so far that he immediately forsakes her and turns wholly to Iago!” The tragedy of Othello, then, according to Professor Stoll, centres in a great improbability. A' hero of great ...
... Desdemona is his life,' says Sir Walter Raleigh—in so far that he immediately forsakes her and turns wholly to Iago!” The tragedy of Othello, then, according to Professor Stoll, centres in a great improbability. A' hero of great ...
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... Desdemona comes up, and in a moment she is asking Othello to call Cassio back: he replies: “ Not now, sweet Desdemona; some other time. (III, iii, 55) He is disturbed: she is still “sweet Desdemona”, but he is unhappy: the germ of ...
... Desdemona comes up, and in a moment she is asking Othello to call Cassio back: he replies: “ Not now, sweet Desdemona; some other time. (III, iii, 55) He is disturbed: she is still “sweet Desdemona”, but he is unhappy: the germ of ...
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... Desdemona he was assisted by Cassio who “went between us very oft” (III, iii, :00), and there was apparently no ... Desdemona's fidelity after someone apparently disinterested had suggested the conception of jealousy to him. . I have ...
... Desdemona he was assisted by Cassio who “went between us very oft” (III, iii, :00), and there was apparently no ... Desdemona's fidelity after someone apparently disinterested had suggested the conception of jealousy to him. . I have ...
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... Desdemona having fallen “in love with what she fear'd to look on”, this being “against all rules of nature” (I, iii, 98, 101). Invoking the facts of real-life psychology, one might well suggest that Othello might have had a deep-rooted ...
... Desdemona having fallen “in love with what she fear'd to look on”, this being “against all rules of nature” (I, iii, 98, 101). Invoking the facts of real-life psychology, one might well suggest that Othello might have had a deep-rooted ...
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... Desdemona as one who “did deceive her father, marrying you” (III, iii, 206); and he speaks of how unnatural it is for a woman to marry one of an alien race (III, iii, 228 ii). Professor Stoll thinks that a noble man like Othello would ...
... Desdemona as one who “did deceive her father, marrying you” (III, iii, 206); and he speaks of how unnatural it is for a woman to marry one of an alien race (III, iii, 228 ii). Professor Stoll thinks that a noble man like Othello would ...
Contents
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Chapter II Shakespeare and the OrderDisorder Antithesis | 39 |
Chapter III Comedy | 57 |
Chapter IV Imaginative Interpretation and Troilus and Cressida | 89 |
Chapter V History | 115 |
Chapter VI Tragedy | 157 |
Chapter VII The Last Plays | 188 |
Book List | 201 |
Index | 205 |
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