This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... Henry VIII . This , his last play , brings his history sequence close to his own time , and in it he develops that sense of England's sacred destiny so clearly apparent in John of Gaunt's prophetic utterance and so subtly implied also ...
... Henry VIII . This , his last play , brings his history sequence close to his own time , and in it he develops that sense of England's sacred destiny so clearly apparent in John of Gaunt's prophetic utterance and so subtly implied also ...
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... Henry VIII . We have ourselves lost something of that imagination and the THIS SCEPTRED ISLE 33.
... Henry VIII . We have ourselves lost something of that imagination and the THIS SCEPTRED ISLE 33.
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... Henry VIII , Shakespeare shows us a philosopher - king , Prospero , who is also an island - king , and whose magic is preeminently a magic of ocean - mastery capable of stirring to tempestuous violence and , at his will , allaying , the ...
... Henry VIII , Shakespeare shows us a philosopher - king , Prospero , who is also an island - king , and whose magic is preeminently a magic of ocean - mastery capable of stirring to tempestuous violence and , at his will , allaying , the ...
Common terms and phrases
1940 Reprinted Agincourt Armada armies awake Banquo Banquo's descendants BASIL BLACKWELL battle bless blesséd blood Bolingbroke Britain call'd condemnation Coriolanus crack of doom Cranmer's prophecy Crispian Cromwell crown deeply destiny doth enemies England must oppose England should act English king eyes Falstaff Farewell fear feeling fight Fortinbras France gentle glory God's HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII holy honour John of Gaunt knows last play Macbeth MENENIUS mercy Message for ENGLAND mother murders nobility peace perilous narrow ocean Perjury pity princes prophetic Queen realms under James religious Richard Richard II rouse royal sceptred isle Scotland sense of England's Shake Shakespeare shows SHAKESPEARIAN SICINIUS sleep soul Spanish Armada speaks speare's last speech sword tell the Dauphin thee thine Timon to-day truth two-fold balls tyrant union of realms victory voice of England whilst WILSON KNIGHT wins Wolsey words