Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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Page 38
... death of the Captain of the troop and to divert the affection of the Moor from Disde- mona.19 The motivation in the source , though understandable , is not nearly so dramatic as the scene with which Shakespeare opens what has often been ...
... death of the Captain of the troop and to divert the affection of the Moor from Disde- mona.19 The motivation in the source , though understandable , is not nearly so dramatic as the scene with which Shakespeare opens what has often been ...
Page 95
... death of Gloucester and at- tempts to do some good before he dies . He tries to get through a reprieve for Lear and Cordelia , whom he has condemned to death . I pant for life . Some good I mean to do , Despite of mine own nature ...
... death of Gloucester and at- tempts to do some good before he dies . He tries to get through a reprieve for Lear and Cordelia , whom he has condemned to death . I pant for life . Some good I mean to do , Despite of mine own nature ...
Page 99
... death The memory be green , and that it us befitted To bear our hearts in grief , and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe , Yet so far hath discretion fought with nature That we with wisest sorrow think on him Together ...
... death The memory be green , and that it us befitted To bear our hearts in grief , and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe , Yet so far hath discretion fought with nature That we with wisest sorrow think on him Together ...
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Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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