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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... conspirators as unselfish champions of freedom , while Brutus's tragedy consists in his vain struggle against the destiny of Rome which lies in the establishment of Caesarism.1 When we turn to Sir Mark Hunter's interpretation of the ...
... conspirators as unselfish champions of freedom , while Brutus's tragedy consists in his vain struggle against the destiny of Rome which lies in the establishment of Caesarism.1 When we turn to Sir Mark Hunter's interpretation of the ...
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... conspirators we are told , ' Brutus excepted , there is no sign anywhere that the enemies of the Dictator , though they have all the political catchwords at command — Liberty , Enfranchisement , etc.— care one jot for the welfare of any ...
... conspirators we are told , ' Brutus excepted , there is no sign anywhere that the enemies of the Dictator , though they have all the political catchwords at command — Liberty , Enfranchisement , etc.— care one jot for the welfare of any ...
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... conspirators seems largely determined by a desire to show Brutus as the only just man among the wicked , coupled with a reluctance to accept the conclusion that he chose other than honest men for his associates . He is thus driven to ...
... conspirators seems largely determined by a desire to show Brutus as the only just man among the wicked , coupled with a reluctance to accept the conclusion that he chose other than honest men for his associates . He is thus driven to ...
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... conspirators Appian refuses to commit himself . He remarks that ' Brutus and Cassius , eyther for enuye of his greatnesse , or for zeale of their countrey , kylled him in the Senate house , being most accepted to the people , and most ...
... conspirators Appian refuses to commit himself . He remarks that ' Brutus and Cassius , eyther for enuye of his greatnesse , or for zeale of their countrey , kylled him in the Senate house , being most accepted to the people , and most ...
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... conspirators ' that sude aloft to clime ' ( l. 329 ) , and as killed in just revenge for his savage slaughter of his enemies . But sith my whole pretence was glory vayne , To haue renowne and rule aboue the rest , Without remorce of ...
... conspirators ' that sude aloft to clime ' ( l. 329 ) , and as killed in just revenge for his savage slaughter of his enemies . But sith my whole pretence was glory vayne , To haue renowne and rule aboue the rest , Without remorce of ...
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