Shakespeare and the Rival Playwrights, 1600-1606David Farley-Hills argues that Shakespeare did not work in splendid isolation, but responded as any other playwright to the commercial and artistic pressures of his time. In this book he offers an interpretation of seven of Shakespeare's plays in the light of pressures exerted by his major contemporary rivals. The plays discussed are Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well, Othello, Measure for Measure, Timon of Athens, and King Lear. |
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... soliloquy—as in Hamlet confined principally to the central figure—in marked contrast to Hamlet demonstrates their concern with stereotype. Such soliloquies are manifestos defining the hero's course of action, expressing his mind as ...
... soliloquy—as in Hamlet confined principally to the central figure—in marked contrast to Hamlet demonstrates their concern with stereotype. Such soliloquies are manifestos defining the hero's course of action, expressing his mind as ...
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David Farley-Hills. corpse, and the soliloquy ends on a note of seriousness as Eleazar promises the body a dignified burial. There is also sophistication in the way in which Eleazar's evil nature expresses itself in a materialism that ...
David Farley-Hills. corpse, and the soliloquy ends on a note of seriousness as Eleazar promises the body a dignified burial. There is also sophistication in the way in which Eleazar's evil nature expresses itself in a materialism that ...
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... soliloquy to reveal the inner thoughts of the character quite unprecedented both in its extent and in its appeal for audience sympathy, Marston uses dramatic techniques—including the soliloquy—to exclude audience feeling. The purpose of ...
... soliloquy to reveal the inner thoughts of the character quite unprecedented both in its extent and in its appeal for audience sympathy, Marston uses dramatic techniques—including the soliloquy—to exclude audience feeling. The purpose of ...
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... soliloquy at the beginning of the scene, far from being used (like Hamlet's) to express the intense feelings of the hero at this new calamity, is made the opportunity for Antonio to express the central philosophical theme of the play ...
... soliloquy at the beginning of the scene, far from being used (like Hamlet's) to express the intense feelings of the hero at this new calamity, is made the opportunity for Antonio to express the central philosophical theme of the play ...
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... soliloquy Pandulpho and others enter carrying the dead body of Pandulpho's son Feliche. Antonio has lain down on his back during the course of his soliloquy and Pandulpho places his son's corpse to rest on Antonio's breast. This ...
... soliloquy Pandulpho and others enter carrying the dead body of Pandulpho's son Feliche. Antonio has lain down on his back during the course of his soliloquy and Pandulpho places his son's corpse to rest on Antonio's breast. This ...
Contents
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | |
ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL | |
A MAN KILLED WITH KINDNESS | |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE AND MIDDLETONS COMEDY | |
Notes | |
Index | |
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