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... passion ! lover ! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh ! Speak but one rhyme , and I am satisfied ; ( II . i . 7-9 ) But it is soon clear that Mercutio's disillusionment offers no valid alternative . On the contrary , he shares with ...
... passion ! lover ! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh ! Speak but one rhyme , and I am satisfied ; ( II . i . 7-9 ) But it is soon clear that Mercutio's disillusionment offers no valid alternative . On the contrary , he shares with ...
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... passion ' ( II . ii . 104 ) goes much further than dramatising the pernicious effects of the family feud . That the play vindicates the emergent right to love whoever one chooses , regardless of arbitrary prohibitions or prejudice has ...
... passion ' ( II . ii . 104 ) goes much further than dramatising the pernicious effects of the family feud . That the play vindicates the emergent right to love whoever one chooses , regardless of arbitrary prohibitions or prejudice has ...
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... Passion as they , be kindlier mov'd than thou art ? Though with their high wrongs I am strook to th'quick , Yet , with my nobler reason , ' gainst my fury Do I take part . The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance . ( V. i . 18-28 ) ...
... Passion as they , be kindlier mov'd than thou art ? Though with their high wrongs I am strook to th'quick , Yet , with my nobler reason , ' gainst my fury Do I take part . The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance . ( V. i . 18-28 ) ...
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1 and 2 Henry IV | 40 |
the subversive imagination | 70 |
the utopian | 106 |
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Shakespeare, 1564-1964: A Collection of Modern Essays by Various Hands Brown University,Edward Alan Bloom No preview available - 1964 |
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