Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 50Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... telling passage : Volumnia : If it be honor in your wars to seem The same you are not , which for your best ends You ... tells the truth . It is a rare quality , and one which Shakespeare exploits to great advantage in the explosive ...
... telling passage : Volumnia : If it be honor in your wars to seem The same you are not , which for your best ends You ... tells the truth . It is a rare quality , and one which Shakespeare exploits to great advantage in the explosive ...
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... tells Brutus that once he and Caesar tried to swim the Tiber . Caesar , unable to follow Cassius , had to be rescued by him . The incident seems to have no grounding in history . Indeed , the accepted Re- naissance view was that Caesar ...
... tells Brutus that once he and Caesar tried to swim the Tiber . Caesar , unable to follow Cassius , had to be rescued by him . The incident seems to have no grounding in history . Indeed , the accepted Re- naissance view was that Caesar ...
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... tell the senate he was not well - itself a lie . And what he now tells Decius is of course a lie too- for it is not his will but Calpurnia's pleading that will keep him from the senate that day . Moreover , it is questionable whether ...
... tell the senate he was not well - itself a lie . And what he now tells Decius is of course a lie too- for it is not his will but Calpurnia's pleading that will keep him from the senate that day . Moreover , it is questionable whether ...
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Social Class in Shakespeares Plays | 1 |
Coriolanus | 99 |
Julius Caesar | 185 |
Copyright | |
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