Class and Society in ShakespeareThe Continuum Shakespeare Dictionaries provide authoritative yet accessible guides to the principal subject-areas covered by the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. The dictionaries provide readers with a comprehensive guide to the topic under discussion, its occurrence and significance in Shakespeare's works, and its contemporary meanings. Entries range from a few lines in length to mini-essays, providing the opportunity to explore an important literary or historical concept or idea in depth. Entries include: apothecary, bear-baiting, Caesar, degree, gentry, Henry V, kingdom, London, masque, nobility, plague, society, treason, usury, whore and youth. They follow an easy to use three-part structure: a general introduction to the term or topic; a survey of its significance and use in Shakespeare's plays and a guide to further reading. |
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Page 160
... dramatic structure . Thus , dance can function as a visual reinforcement of images of reconciliation and harmony , as in the dance of Oberon and Titania at AMND 4.5.84 . Indeed , it is well known that several of the plays end in this ...
... dramatic structure . Thus , dance can function as a visual reinforcement of images of reconciliation and harmony , as in the dance of Oberon and Titania at AMND 4.5.84 . Indeed , it is well known that several of the plays end in this ...
Page 191
... dramatic conflation : Jachimo is acting like an Italian Renaissance machiavel figure even as he is ostensibly alive during the time of Augustus . This is not the only example of anachronism in the plays , imagining as they do past ...
... dramatic conflation : Jachimo is acting like an Italian Renaissance machiavel figure even as he is ostensibly alive during the time of Augustus . This is not the only example of anachronism in the plays , imagining as they do past ...
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... dramatic considerations require something a little more elaborate , as happens at the very begin- ning of 1 Henry VI . The assembled lords are attending the funeral of Henry V when it is interrupted by a series of three messengers ...
... dramatic considerations require something a little more elaborate , as happens at the very begin- ning of 1 Henry VI . The assembled lords are attending the funeral of Henry V when it is interrupted by a series of three messengers ...
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