Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... called the judi- cial manner . He is the true successor of Dryden , who looked upon Shakespeare as a brother dramatist , certainly of sur- passing genius , but not therefore beyond the pale of censure . Johnson never ran any risk of ...
... called the judi- cial manner . He is the true successor of Dryden , who looked upon Shakespeare as a brother dramatist , certainly of sur- passing genius , but not therefore beyond the pale of censure . Johnson never ran any risk of ...
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... called the indiscrim inating critics , those who tend to be all - inclusive rather than selective when they praise Shakespeare's characters . It was once fashionable among scholars to deal with any play or passage of Shakespeare's that ...
... called the indiscrim inating critics , those who tend to be all - inclusive rather than selective when they praise Shakespeare's characters . It was once fashionable among scholars to deal with any play or passage of Shakespeare's that ...
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... called his best constructed play . The second motive , the one that has bothered thoughtful students of the play , would probably not strike the spectators as a motive at all . If they remembered Iago's soliloquy , I hate the Moor ; And ...
... called his best constructed play . The second motive , the one that has bothered thoughtful students of the play , would probably not strike the spectators as a motive at all . If they remembered Iago's soliloquy , I hate the Moor ; And ...
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