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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... seems blissfully unaware of the difficulties facing him . Indeed , he seems to gain confidence . Basking in his redis- covered limelight , Horatio obligingly and ingratiatingly offers his answer to the " bloody question " of the carnage ...
... seems blissfully unaware of the difficulties facing him . Indeed , he seems to gain confidence . Basking in his redis- covered limelight , Horatio obligingly and ingratiatingly offers his answer to the " bloody question " of the carnage ...
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... seems to me , are suggestions that Hamlet is being punished for his " savage passions " or by " the weight now on his conscience " , 14 that the punishment will come at Claudius's hands : " Hamlet sees that the King will at once ...
... seems to me , are suggestions that Hamlet is being punished for his " savage passions " or by " the weight now on his conscience " , 14 that the punishment will come at Claudius's hands : " Hamlet sees that the King will at once ...
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... seems little reason to doubt the interdependent no- tions that the duke is contriving a test for Angelo , that he is testing him because he suspects him of hypocrisy , and that his hypocrisy takes the form of some kind of sexual ...
... seems little reason to doubt the interdependent no- tions that the duke is contriving a test for Angelo , that he is testing him because he suspects him of hypocrisy , and that his hypocrisy takes the form of some kind of sexual ...
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accept According actually Angelo Antigonus appear argument asks audience authority bastard Bates believe calls cause chapter character child cited claims Claudio common critics dead death direct discrepancy doubt dream duke duke's editor Elizabethan English evidence example fact father fear friar ghost give guilty Hamlet hand Henry Henry's Hermione Horatio imaginations implies indicate Isabella issue John Juliet killing kind king king's Laertes later Leontes less letter live London Mariana means Measure for Measure mind moral mother murder natural never Notes offers Perdita perhaps person phrase play Polonius position possible present problem punishment question quoted reading reason reference regard response revenge Richard says scene seems sense Shakespeare soldiers Sonnet speak speech spirit stage suggest surely Tale tells thing thou thought Winter's wish York