Shakespeare's Imagery: And what it Tells UsAn analysis of the ways in which Shakespeare's imagery functions to reveal literary and personal motives. |
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... Richard not to spare him , nor to hesitate with his unkindness ' To crop at once a too long withered flower ' ; and Richard , when he hears of Gaunt's death , comments complacently , The ripest fruit first falls , and so doth he . The ...
... Richard not to spare him , nor to hesitate with his unkindness ' To crop at once a too long withered flower ' ; and Richard , when he hears of Gaunt's death , comments complacently , The ripest fruit first falls , and so doth he . The ...
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... Richard III there is a very simple but quite con- tinuous and insistent animal symbolism , all centring on Richard , and bringing out the quality of ruthless cruelty in his character as it strikes those who come into contact with him ...
... Richard III there is a very simple but quite con- tinuous and insistent animal symbolism , all centring on Richard , and bringing out the quality of ruthless cruelty in his character as it strikes those who come into contact with him ...
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... Richard III ( the man ) character of , symbolised under animal forms , 232-3 Richard III ( the play ) dominating imagery of garden and trees in , 219-20 subsidiary images : from animals , 232-3 ; butcher and slaughter - house , 227-8 ...
... Richard III ( the man ) character of , symbolised under animal forms , 232-3 Richard III ( the play ) dominating imagery of garden and trees in , 219-20 subsidiary images : from animals , 232-3 ; butcher and slaughter - house , 227-8 ...
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Shakespeares Imagery compared with | 12 |
Imagery of Shakespeare and other | 30 |
The Subjectmatter of Shakespeares | 43 |
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