Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... praise of qualities which he did not possess . Prior to the twen- tieth century it was generally assumed that , in ... praising his powers of characterization . The former writes : [ Shakespeare's ] characters are so copiously ...
... praise of qualities which he did not possess . Prior to the twen- tieth century it was generally assumed that , in ... praising his powers of characterization . The former writes : [ Shakespeare's ] characters are so copiously ...
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... praise , they usually do so paradoxically , as in Lamb's equivocal remark ( reasserted in the present century by Logan P. Smith ) , 10 that " the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage , than those of almost ...
... praise , they usually do so paradoxically , as in Lamb's equivocal remark ( reasserted in the present century by Logan P. Smith ) , 10 that " the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage , than those of almost ...
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... praise her , and there follows this bit of badinage : DESDEMONA : What wouldst thou write of me , if thou shouldst praise me ? . . . IAGO : I am about it ; but indeed my invention Comes from my pate as birdlime does from frieze ...
... praise her , and there follows this bit of badinage : DESDEMONA : What wouldst thou write of me , if thou shouldst praise me ? . . . IAGO : I am about it ; but indeed my invention Comes from my pate as birdlime does from frieze ...
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Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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