Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 40Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... comedies use such imagery more often to show women transcending con- ventional limitations . For the most part , what most of the lovers do in the comedies is talk about love , whichever gender they are . Unlike the tragedies , these ...
... comedies use such imagery more often to show women transcending con- ventional limitations . For the most part , what most of the lovers do in the comedies is talk about love , whichever gender they are . Unlike the tragedies , these ...
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... comedies as a fig- ure that avoids change , development , and decision- making . ] In Shakespeare's comedies , and only in the comedies , we see the feminine Other face to face . In the tragedies we respond to the women characters very ...
... comedies as a fig- ure that avoids change , development , and decision- making . ] In Shakespeare's comedies , and only in the comedies , we see the feminine Other face to face . In the tragedies we respond to the women characters very ...
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... comedies : The finch , the sparrow , and the lark , The plain - song cuckoo gray , Whose note full many a man doth mark , And dares not answer nay- for , indeed , who would set his wit to so foolish a bird ? Who would give a bird the ...
... comedies : The finch , the sparrow , and the lark , The plain - song cuckoo gray , Whose note full many a man doth mark , And dares not answer nay- for , indeed , who would set his wit to so foolish a bird ? Who would give a bird the ...
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Gender Identity | 1 |
The Merchant of Venice | 105 |
Sonnets | 220 |
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