Begging to Differ: Modes of Discrepancy in ShakespeareThe frequent inconsistencies in Shakespeare's work, particularly in plot and characterization, have long attracted the attention and even ire of his commentators. Based largely on four plays - Hamlet, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale and Henry V - this study is a detailed exploration of some modes of discrepancy as they relate to three specific areas of Shakespeare's dramaturgy: plot and narrative; language and text; and reasoning and proof. Professor Thatcher examines the nature and causes of real and apparent inconsistencies and suggests whether or not they may be seen to have artistic or dramatic justification. Begging to Differ includes the first comprehensive treatment of a neglected topic, discrepant quotations within Shakespeare's text. |
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... mother.21 According to the Variorum edition of King John , Steevens was the first to point to the words of Telemachus on his father in the first book of the Odyssey ( Chapman's translation ) : " My mother , cer- taine , says I am his ...
... mother.21 According to the Variorum edition of King John , Steevens was the first to point to the words of Telemachus on his father in the first book of the Odyssey ( Chapman's translation ) : " My mother , cer- taine , says I am his ...
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... mother ( line 24 ) ; he ad- duces , as evidence of his paternity , the word of the parish , the word of his wife , and the unspoken word of God : " God knows thou art a collop of my flesh " ( line 18 ) . Many other examples of maternal ...
... mother ( line 24 ) ; he ad- duces , as evidence of his paternity , the word of the parish , the word of his wife , and the unspoken word of God : " God knows thou art a collop of my flesh " ( line 18 ) . Many other examples of maternal ...
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... mother ( if it is one mother ) of Goneril , Regan and Cordelia , the mother of Edgar and the mother of Edmund are not present to testify , as are Lady Faulconbridge and Hermione , to the illegitimacy or legitimacy of their children . It ...
... mother ( if it is one mother ) of Goneril , Regan and Cordelia , the mother of Edgar and the mother of Edmund are not present to testify , as are Lady Faulconbridge and Hermione , to the illegitimacy or legitimacy of their children . It ...
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