Profoundly Entertaining: An Introduction to Shakespeare's ArtistryXlibris Corporation, 2. 11. 2006 - Počet stran: 506 Profoundly Entertaining offers the general reader a chance to think about Shakespeares artistry in a sustained way. Entertaining as Shakespeares plays are, that quality by itself wouldnt justify the effort required to overcome the difficulty their language poses. Their enduring popularity suggests that, to varying degrees, their audiences sense their profundity even if they cannot confidently articulate their experience. Without any overarching argument to makemerely with admiration for the most intelligent, honest, courageous, and sustained confrontation of human life of which we have written recordthe book invites its readers to accompany Shakespeare on his journey of exploration into the human condition unobscured by prevailing orthodoxies and comforting illusions. |
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... Duke Theseus and his bride Hippolyta , but also the two younger couples . Theseus calls for entertainment : Come now ; what masques , what dances shall we have , To wear away this long age of three hours Between our after - supper and ...
... Duke Theseus and his bride Hippolyta , but also the two younger couples . Theseus calls for entertainment : Come now ; what masques , what dances shall we have , To wear away this long age of three hours Between our after - supper and ...
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... Duke Theseus, his bride-to-be Queen Hippolyta, and their court. But let's begin with a more basic contrast between the love tragedy and the love comedy. How does Shakespeare signal the difference from the start? There is a brief ...
... Duke Theseus, his bride-to-be Queen Hippolyta, and their court. But let's begin with a more basic contrast between the love tragedy and the love comedy. How does Shakespeare signal the difference from the start? There is a brief ...
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... Duke is in control, and under the circumstances Egeus cannot rage and abuse his child. Theseus appears to support Egeus. He tells Hermia that her only choice, if she disobeys her father, is death or “To live a barren sister all your ...
... Duke is in control, and under the circumstances Egeus cannot rage and abuse his child. Theseus appears to support Egeus. He tells Hermia that her only choice, if she disobeys her father, is death or “To live a barren sister all your ...
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... duke's wedding . Shakespeare didn't divide his plays into acts . The five act structure was imposed on them later . A scene is over when all the characters who have come on stage during the scene have exited . When a character enters a ...
... duke's wedding . Shakespeare didn't divide his plays into acts . The five act structure was imposed on them later . A scene is over when all the characters who have come on stage during the scene have exited . When a character enters a ...
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... Duke has made a sarcastic remark , which Bottom misconstrues by taking it at face value . So the redoubtable weaver corrects the Duke : " Deceiving me ' is Thisby's cue , " he explains . " She is to enter now , and I am to spy her ...
... Duke has made a sarcastic remark , which Bottom misconstrues by taking it at face value . So the redoubtable weaver corrects the Duke : " Deceiving me ' is Thisby's cue , " he explains . " She is to enter now , and I am to spy her ...
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Profoundly Entertaining: An Introduction to Shakespeare's Artistry Herbert B. Rothschild Náhled není k dispozici. - 2006 |
Profoundly Entertaining: An Introduction to Shakespeare's Artistry Herbert B. Rothschild Náhled není k dispozici. - 2006 |
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