Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... passage the line , " I am determined to prove a villain , ” seems hardly credible to some critics who cannot conceive of anyone's admitting such a fact about himself . In my opinion , the line reads like exposition rather than ...
... passage the line , " I am determined to prove a villain , ” seems hardly credible to some critics who cannot conceive of anyone's admitting such a fact about himself . In my opinion , the line reads like exposition rather than ...
Page 61
... passage might lead an audience to regard her as fiendish , but note the following interpretation by Coleridge : A passage where she alludes to " plucking her nipple from the boneless gums of her infant , " though usually thought to ...
... passage might lead an audience to regard her as fiendish , but note the following interpretation by Coleridge : A passage where she alludes to " plucking her nipple from the boneless gums of her infant , " though usually thought to ...
Page 85
... passage is cited as evidence of Shake- speare's sympathy for the Jews , the latter part , containing Shy- lock's remarks on revenge and villainy taught him by Christians , is usually omitted . And though the whole passage does not con ...
... passage is cited as evidence of Shake- speare's sympathy for the Jews , the latter part , containing Shy- lock's remarks on revenge and villainy taught him by Christians , is usually omitted . And though the whole passage does not con ...
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Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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