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... lines of rhapsodic adoration . While the fictional Romeo rhapsodises , the actor is miserable . It is made more difficult by his having , as a rule , to speak up - stage . The contrast is , however , only an extreme example of ...
... lines of rhapsodic adoration . While the fictional Romeo rhapsodises , the actor is miserable . It is made more difficult by his having , as a rule , to speak up - stage . The contrast is , however , only an extreme example of ...
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... lines ring in us with so great an appeal . At this last moment , Romeo is exactly measured to his own poetry ; the adjustment is perfected . He has climbed his hill . He sees Tybalt's body , and asks forgiveness - ' Forgive me , cousin ...
... lines ring in us with so great an appeal . At this last moment , Romeo is exactly measured to his own poetry ; the adjustment is perfected . He has climbed his hill . He sees Tybalt's body , and asks forgiveness - ' Forgive me , cousin ...
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... lines are spoken with all the majesty due to the grand survey . At ' Out , out , brief candle ! ' Macbeth rejects life and its trivial concerns with a gesture of proud dismissal ; not , at all costs , sad , but mighty in its rise above ...
... lines are spoken with all the majesty due to the grand survey . At ' Out , out , brief candle ! ' Macbeth rejects life and its trivial concerns with a gesture of proud dismissal ; not , at all costs , sad , but mighty in its rise above ...
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