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Page 66
... probably not seem unconvincing . In fact , the compactness and clarity with which , in a single short act , are revealed the various agencies that lead a man to crime - his ambi- tion , the placing of temptations in his path , the ...
... probably not seem unconvincing . In fact , the compactness and clarity with which , in a single short act , are revealed the various agencies that lead a man to crime - his ambi- tion , the placing of temptations in his path , the ...
Page 89
... Probably the elder daughters ' capacity for villainy is suspected from the start , not by Lear , but by Cordelia . Before the two elder sisters have done anything blameworthy in the play - if we except their false declarations of love ...
... Probably the elder daughters ' capacity for villainy is suspected from the start , not by Lear , but by Cordelia . Before the two elder sisters have done anything blameworthy in the play - if we except their false declarations of love ...
Page 101
... probably confront every sane criminal at one time or another , namely , the possibility of re- pentance and reform , and the inevitability of a day of reckon- ing either in this world or in the next . Claudius is well aware of his sins ...
... probably confront every sane criminal at one time or another , namely , the possibility of re- pentance and reform , and the inevitability of a day of reckon- ing either in this world or in the next . Claudius is well aware of his sins ...
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Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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