Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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Page 43
... trying to discover and apply to Shakespearean criticism certain conven- tions of the Elizabethan stage . One of these conventions was the credibility of slander . But the discovery of these conventions is a relatively minor point in ...
... trying to discover and apply to Shakespearean criticism certain conven- tions of the Elizabethan stage . One of these conventions was the credibility of slander . But the discovery of these conventions is a relatively minor point in ...
Page 60
... trying to establish the good qualities in Macbeth early in the play , Shakespeare had to sacrifice complex- ity and even plausibility in the lesser character of Lady Mac- beth ? Or looked at another way , may not the actual words of ...
... trying to establish the good qualities in Macbeth early in the play , Shakespeare had to sacrifice complex- ity and even plausibility in the lesser character of Lady Mac- beth ? Or looked at another way , may not the actual words of ...
Page 63
... trying to struggle against his ambition ; in the second we see him , having abandoned himself to evil , suffering from the realization of what he is doing . In whatever light we regard the witches - as the forces of evil in the world ...
... trying to struggle against his ambition ; in the second we see him , having abandoned himself to evil , suffering from the realization of what he is doing . In whatever light we regard the witches - as the forces of evil in the world ...
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