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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Page 84
... spirit " appearing to one person who is awake and another who is asleep , does not affect the issue , nor do cases of " the same spirit " appearing both as a represented ghost on stage and as a dream - ghost.2 A dream- ghost cannot ...
... spirit " appearing to one person who is awake and another who is asleep , does not affect the issue , nor do cases of " the same spirit " appearing both as a represented ghost on stage and as a dream - ghost.2 A dream- ghost cannot ...
Page 93
... spirit does not mean she was a spirit , i.e. , that she was dead ( one can dream of a live person being dead just as easily as of a dead person being still alive ) ; 25 because she is dead does not mean she was executed26 ( she may have ...
... spirit does not mean she was a spirit , i.e. , that she was dead ( one can dream of a live person being dead just as easily as of a dead person being still alive ) ; 25 because she is dead does not mean she was executed26 ( she may have ...
Page 98
... spirit of health or goblin damned " at I. iv . 40 , and Brutus to the ghost of Caesar : " Art thou some god , some ... spirit and body : it is the mother's overwhelming love for her baby child ; her anxiety for its welfare [ why doesn't ...
... spirit of health or goblin damned " at I. iv . 40 , and Brutus to the ghost of Caesar : " Art thou some god , some ... spirit and body : it is the mother's overwhelming love for her baby child ; her anxiety for its welfare [ why doesn't ...
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