Demi-devils: The Character of Shakespeare's Villains |
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... thought when he wrote : " About any one so great as Shakespeare it is probable that we can never be right ; and if we can never be right , it is better that we should from time to time change our way of being wrong . " " ' 3 In ...
... thought when he wrote : " About any one so great as Shakespeare it is probable that we can never be right ; and if we can never be right , it is better that we should from time to time change our way of being wrong . " " ' 3 In ...
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... thoughts to achieve his con- quest .... the Ensign imagined that the cause of his ill suc- cess was that Disdemona ... thought abroad that ' twixt my sheets ' Has done my office . I know not if't be true ; Yet I , for mere suspicion in ...
... thoughts to achieve his con- quest .... the Ensign imagined that the cause of his ill suc- cess was that Disdemona ... thought abroad that ' twixt my sheets ' Has done my office . I know not if't be true ; Yet I , for mere suspicion in ...
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... thought , prominent at least since Coleridge's time , holds that the repentance of Angelo is out of character and that his marriage to Mariana and subsequent pardon provide an unsatisfactory ending . According to Coleridge , This play ...
... thought , prominent at least since Coleridge's time , holds that the repentance of Angelo is out of character and that his marriage to Mariana and subsequent pardon provide an unsatisfactory ending . According to Coleridge , This play ...
Contents
Aaron and Iago | 25 |
Richard III Macbeth and Lady Macbeth | 47 |
Angelo and Shylock | 69 |
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