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... appear to be coincid- ental and some consist of commonplaces which Shakespeare had no need to learn from King James . Shakespeare may have read the book and remembered one or two details from it , but there is no case for arguing that ...
... appear to be coincid- ental and some consist of commonplaces which Shakespeare had no need to learn from King James . Shakespeare may have read the book and remembered one or two details from it , but there is no case for arguing that ...
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... appear , but his enforcement of law against sexual misconduct continues with the arrest of Pompey and Mistress Overdone . The structure of the scene could be described as operatic : the Duke remains continuously present while two trios ...
... appear , but his enforcement of law against sexual misconduct continues with the arrest of Pompey and Mistress Overdone . The structure of the scene could be described as operatic : the Duke remains continuously present while two trios ...
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... appear until the end of the 17th c . ) 133 morality wisdom . F reads ' mortality ' , and Shakespeare never uses ' morality ' , though he has ' moral ' , ' moraller ' ( a unique usage in Othello 2.3.292 , not paralleled elsewhere ) and ...
... appear until the end of the 17th c . ) 133 morality wisdom . F reads ' mortality ' , and Shakespeare never uses ' morality ' , though he has ' moral ' , ' moraller ' ( a unique usage in Othello 2.3.292 , not paralleled elsewhere ) and ...
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Angelo appear authority believe body bring brother characters Claudio clear clearly comes common contract death Duke Duke's edition editors effect Elbow Elizabethan Enter ESCALUS evil example executed Exeunt Exit Folio follow friar give given glosses grace hath head heaven Henry honour implying indicate intended Isabella justice kind king letter lines live London look lord LUCIO Mariana married matter mean Measure for Measure Mistress nature never offence Officers opening Overdone OXFORD pardon performance perhaps person phrase play Pompey possibly present prison probably proverbial Provost punishment recorded refer regarded scene seems sense sexual Shakespeare sister speak speech stage stand story suggests term thee thing thou thought Tilley tion true turn wife woman women