Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... Richard III is that varying images of the historical Richard may leave their impress on viewers of the dramatic character . Whereas spectators in the past may have found it easy to accept Shake- speare's Richard as no worse than the Richard ...
... Richard III is that varying images of the historical Richard may leave their impress on viewers of the dramatic character . Whereas spectators in the past may have found it easy to accept Shake- speare's Richard as no worse than the Richard ...
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... Richard , it is by no means a dominant trait . In contrasting Macbeth with Richard , we shall find remorse and sensitivity in ample measure . Of the twenty excerpts under the heading " On the Character of Richard " printed in the New ...
... Richard , it is by no means a dominant trait . In contrasting Macbeth with Richard , we shall find remorse and sensitivity in ample measure . Of the twenty excerpts under the heading " On the Character of Richard " printed in the New ...
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... Richard ridicules such virtues as signs of weakness . After he has killed King Henry VI , Richard remarks , " See how my sword weeps for the poor King's death " ( 3 Hen . VI , V : vi : 63 ) . And later when Lady Anne , accusing Richard ...
... Richard ridicules such virtues as signs of weakness . After he has killed King Henry VI , Richard remarks , " See how my sword weeps for the poor King's death " ( 3 Hen . VI , V : vi : 63 ) . And later when Lady Anne , accusing Richard ...
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