Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... interest in personal- ities , lost sight of the function of drama as a whole and placed undue emphasis on character . Stoll's argument was anticipated by an expert on the theatre , George Pierce Baker , who , in The Development of ...
... interest in personal- ities , lost sight of the function of drama as a whole and placed undue emphasis on character . Stoll's argument was anticipated by an expert on the theatre , George Pierce Baker , who , in The Development of ...
Page 58
... interest of the story is so engrossing , the events so rapid and so appalling , the accessories so sublimely conceived and so skillfully com bined , that it is difficult to detach Lady Macbeth from the dramatic situation , or consider ...
... interest of the story is so engrossing , the events so rapid and so appalling , the accessories so sublimely conceived and so skillfully com bined , that it is difficult to detach Lady Macbeth from the dramatic situation , or consider ...
Page 83
... interest , tried to justify the Hebrew custom of lending money at interest by reference to the Old Testament story of Jacob's thrift ( I : iii : 72-91 ) , was moved by Antonio's re- mark , “ When did friendship take / A breed for barren ...
... interest , tried to justify the Hebrew custom of lending money at interest by reference to the Old Testament story of Jacob's thrift ( I : iii : 72-91 ) , was moved by Antonio's re- mark , “ When did friendship take / A breed for barren ...
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