Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... less convincing than that of Tamora , merely adds more villainy to a play that has little else . A concentration of the conflict between two principal an- tagonists might have made better theatre . And as we shall see later in this book ...
... less convincing than that of Tamora , merely adds more villainy to a play that has little else . A concentration of the conflict between two principal an- tagonists might have made better theatre . And as we shall see later in this book ...
Page 72
... less reprehensible . Angelo , though he breaks his promise to spare Claudio , does not succeed in having him exe- cuted ; and Mariana is substituted for Isabella . Although these changes are melodramatic , they lend some plausibility to ...
... less reprehensible . Angelo , though he breaks his promise to spare Claudio , does not succeed in having him exe- cuted ; and Mariana is substituted for Isabella . Although these changes are melodramatic , they lend some plausibility to ...
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... less wicked than those of other villains that he appears more like a human being and less like a character whose course of action is limited and confined by the demands of plot . It is rather because Shake- speare took such pains to ...
... less wicked than those of other villains that he appears more like a human being and less like a character whose course of action is limited and confined by the demands of plot . It is rather because Shake- speare took such pains to ...
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Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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