The Problem Plays of Shakespeare: A Study of Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and CleopatraThe opening chapter traces the history of the term 'problem plays' as applied to Shakespeare and defines it more clearly and precisely than has been done in the past. Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra are then discussed in separate chapters, not only as problem plays but from various points of view: such matters as themes, structural pattern, character-problems, the play's relation to its sources as well as to other plays in the canon, are all touched upon. |
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... Brutus's tragedy consists in his vain struggle against the destiny of Rome which lies in the establishment of ... Brutus not inconsistent with what we have actually heard and 1 Julius Caesar , New Shakespeare edition ( 1949 ) , pp . xx ...
... Brutus's tragedy consists in his vain struggle against the destiny of Rome which lies in the establishment of ... Brutus not inconsistent with what we have actually heard and 1 Julius Caesar , New Shakespeare edition ( 1949 ) , pp . xx ...
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... Brutus , where , after pointing out how Brutus's cause was destroyed by his failing to receive in time the news of an important victory by sea , Plutarch comments : ' Howbeit the state of Rome ( in my opinion ) being now brought to that ...
... Brutus , where , after pointing out how Brutus's cause was destroyed by his failing to receive in time the news of an important victory by sea , Plutarch comments : ' Howbeit the state of Rome ( in my opinion ) being now brought to that ...
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... Brutus notwithstanding had imbrued his hands in his blood . " Yet even this is for him only a more signal demonstra ... Brutus's courage and his ' marvelous noble mind ' in killing a man of such great power and wisdom as Caesar . His ...
... Brutus notwithstanding had imbrued his hands in his blood . " Yet even this is for him only a more signal demonstra ... Brutus's courage and his ' marvelous noble mind ' in killing a man of such great power and wisdom as Caesar . His ...
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... Brutus's part in the conspiracy . After describing Caesar's great affection for him and mentioning that he was thought by some to have been his son , he continues : ' But Brutus either as an ingrate man , or ignorant of his mothers ...
... Brutus's part in the conspiracy . After describing Caesar's great affection for him and mentioning that he was thought by some to have been his son , he continues : ' But Brutus either as an ingrate man , or ignorant of his mothers ...
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... Brutus ' and declared himself to be his ' ill angel ' ( op . cit . , pp . 1o6-7 ) . A ghost and Brutus's ill angel ? Most Elizabethans would have identified it as Caesar's ghost , come to seek revenge for his murder . But the appearance ...
... Brutus ' and declared himself to be his ' ill angel ' ( op . cit . , pp . 1o6-7 ) . A ghost and Brutus's ill angel ? Most Elizabethans would have identified it as Caesar's ghost , come to seek revenge for his murder . But the appearance ...
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