Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... Elizabethan audiences would recognize him as such ; for , accord- ing to Elizabethan psychology , Aaron's blackness alone would do much to account for his villainy , since audiences in Shake- speare's day believed that there was a ...
... Elizabethan audiences would recognize him as such ; for , accord- ing to Elizabethan psychology , Aaron's blackness alone would do much to account for his villainy , since audiences in Shake- speare's day believed that there was a ...
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... Elizabethan stage . If we were to believe them , Aaron's lack of plausible motivation would not have detracted from his effectiveness . " Villains are villains ; there is no need to ask why . " But some people will ask why , and their ...
... Elizabethan stage . If we were to believe them , Aaron's lack of plausible motivation would not have detracted from his effectiveness . " Villains are villains ; there is no need to ask why . " But some people will ask why , and their ...
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... Elizabethan pre- judice against foreigners , particularly Latins , and was not a result of his Jewish blood.13 So much for historical research . As for the conventions of the Elizabethan stage , we are reminded by Palmer that Marlowe's ...
... Elizabethan pre- judice against foreigners , particularly Latins , and was not a result of his Jewish blood.13 So much for historical research . As for the conventions of the Elizabethan stage , we are reminded by Palmer that Marlowe's ...
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Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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