Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 13
Page 47
... problem posed by changing interpretations of the historical Richard , we have another problem unique among Shakespeare's villains : the salient features of Richard's personal- ity begin to emerge in two earlier - and little known ...
... problem posed by changing interpretations of the historical Richard , we have another problem unique among Shakespeare's villains : the salient features of Richard's personal- ity begin to emerge in two earlier - and little known ...
Page 58
... problems regarding her " real nature " will be resolved . Much ink has been spilled over the question of Lady Macbeth's character . Mrs. Jameson summarizes the problem well in Shake- speare's Female Characters : In the play or poem of ...
... problems regarding her " real nature " will be resolved . Much ink has been spilled over the question of Lady Macbeth's character . Mrs. Jameson summarizes the problem well in Shake- speare's Female Characters : In the play or poem of ...
Page 103
... problem . For , although most of us are not guilty of a sin which has " the primal eldest curse upon't , " many of ... problems of his own rather than as one of several inter- dependent parts of a complex drama . Claudius stimulates that ...
... problem . For , although most of us are not guilty of a sin which has " the primal eldest curse upon't , " many of ... problems of his own rather than as one of several inter- dependent parts of a complex drama . Claudius stimulates that ...
Contents
Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aaron acter action ambition Angelo Antonio appear Barabbas Bassianus behavior believe brother Cassio char Christian Cinthio's Claudius Coleridge comedy conscience consider conventions convincing Cordelia crime death Desdemona dominate their plays doth dramatic dramatist Duncan E. K. Chambers Edmund effective Elizabethan audiences evil example fact father fiendish flaws Gloucester Hamlet hath Heilman human husband hypocrisy Iago Iago's motivation II:iii Isabella justice Kent king Lady Macbeth Lear Levin Schücking lieutenancy lifelike look Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice mercy murder nature never nineteenth century critics Othello pardon passage plausible plot powers of characterization praise probably psychological accuracy queen realistic characterization Regan and Goneril regard remark remorse repent reveals revenge Richard Richard III Roderigo scholars Schücking seems Shake Shakespeare Shakespeare's characters Shakespeare's plays Shakespeare's powers Shakespeare's villains Shylock soliloquy soul speare's spectator stage Stoll sympathy Tamora thee thou tion Titus Andronicus tragedy unconvincing understandable wife