Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... present century by Logan P. Smith ) , 10 that " the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage , than those of almost any other dramatist whatever . " On first reading , this suggests that one of the world's ...
... present century by Logan P. Smith ) , 10 that " the plays of Shakspeare are less calculated for performance on a stage , than those of almost any other dramatist whatever . " On first reading , this suggests that one of the world's ...
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... present him as sorely tempted by the forces of evil ( the witches ) , by the fate that brings Duncan to spend the night as his guest , and , most of all , by his wife . Certainly audiences in this or any other age would understand that ...
... present him as sorely tempted by the forces of evil ( the witches ) , by the fate that brings Duncan to spend the night as his guest , and , most of all , by his wife . Certainly audiences in this or any other age would understand that ...
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... present in Macbeth . Here we are moved by the spectacle of disintegration in this hero - villain , for Macbeth ... presents the spectacle of a potentially great man succumb- ing to evil . Bradley thinks that Macbeth was not entirely inno ...
... present in Macbeth . Here we are moved by the spectacle of disintegration in this hero - villain , for Macbeth ... presents the spectacle of a potentially great man succumb- ing to evil . Bradley thinks that Macbeth was not entirely inno ...
Contents
Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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