Shakespeare-characters; Chiefly Those Subordinate |
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... mean , in using the word " harmony , " that his subordinate characters are as consistent with themselves as are the heroes and heroines of his plots ; — that would indeed be a gratuitous remark , of which it would require no ghost to ...
... mean , in using the word " harmony , " that his subordinate characters are as consistent with themselves as are the heroes and heroines of his plots ; — that would indeed be a gratuitous remark , of which it would require no ghost to ...
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... Means are nothing to her ; -the end is everything . The means are merged in the end . It becomes to her a neces- sity , to which all other circumstances must give way . She neither sees nor will hear of any let or hindrance to the ...
... Means are nothing to her ; -the end is everything . The means are merged in the end . It becomes to her a neces- sity , to which all other circumstances must give way . She neither sees nor will hear of any let or hindrance to the ...
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... mean ? " Impressive indeed is the lesson the poet reads upon the fruits of a bad ambition reaped by unhallowed means in the after - career of Lady Macbeth . Not only has he presented us that terrible vision of her haunted and restless ...
... mean ? " Impressive indeed is the lesson the poet reads upon the fruits of a bad ambition reaped by unhallowed means in the after - career of Lady Macbeth . Not only has he presented us that terrible vision of her haunted and restless ...
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... means the intention , or indeed the moral code of Shakespeare . The witches were supernatural and master - agents in the plot ; but they were never intended to be the partners , still less the rivals of Omnipotence . We are to bear in ...
... means the intention , or indeed the moral code of Shakespeare . The witches were supernatural and master - agents in the plot ; but they were never intended to be the partners , still less the rivals of Omnipotence . We are to bear in ...
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... means the poet has ingeniously conveyed to us the impression that hers is a voluntary non- speech , —a silence arising from preference to hear her cousin , and from no deficiency on her own part . He has another artistic subtlety , in ...
... means the poet has ingeniously conveyed to us the impression that hers is a voluntary non- speech , —a silence arising from preference to hear her cousin , and from no deficiency on her own part . He has another artistic subtlety , in ...
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