Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... audience was more interested in story , plot , and action than in character : what they [ the average audience ] are watching and what they are enjoying is not the characterization of Hamlet , of Lear , of Macbeth , or Othello , but the ...
... audience was more interested in story , plot , and action than in character : what they [ the average audience ] are watching and what they are enjoying is not the characterization of Hamlet , of Lear , of Macbeth , or Othello , but the ...
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... audience may easily understand their roles . " 19 5 ) There is a convention that disguises will be convincing even though the audience must obviously be able to recognize the character through his disguise . 6 ) Slander will be believed ...
... audience may easily understand their roles . " 19 5 ) There is a convention that disguises will be convincing even though the audience must obviously be able to recognize the character through his disguise . 6 ) Slander will be believed ...
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... audience understand rather than sympathize with villains because of the point mentioned above that sympathy for a villain may detract from the effective- ness of the play . For those who insist upon sympathetic presenta- tion of ...
... audience understand rather than sympathize with villains because of the point mentioned above that sympathy for a villain may detract from the effective- ness of the play . For those who insist upon sympathetic presenta- tion of ...
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