The Good that Lives After Them: A Pattern in Shakespeare's Tragedies |
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... example of this phenomenon : in expressing his love for Ophelia Hamlet writes mere doggerel . The ill quality of his verses is obvious even to himself : " I am ill at these numbers " ( II.ii. 120 ) . Likewise , if Shakespearean ...
... example of this phenomenon : in expressing his love for Ophelia Hamlet writes mere doggerel . The ill quality of his verses is obvious even to himself : " I am ill at these numbers " ( II.ii. 120 ) . Likewise , if Shakespearean ...
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... example , Gloucester's remark : " As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods , They kill us for their sport " ( IV.i.36-37 ) , and Kent's : Vex not his ghost . O , let him pass , he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world ...
... example , Gloucester's remark : " As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods , They kill us for their sport " ( IV.i.36-37 ) , and Kent's : Vex not his ghost . O , let him pass , he hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world ...
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... example of pathos plus a good purpose : it is an example of tragedy . Every writer of dog stories knows this . So did Aristotle . His definition of tragedy provides a simple and useful handle for distin- guishing between actions which ...
... example of pathos plus a good purpose : it is an example of tragedy . Every writer of dog stories knows this . So did Aristotle . His definition of tragedy provides a simple and useful handle for distin- guishing between actions which ...
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Hamlets Other Purpose | 12 |
King Lear and Macbeth the First Love Test | 39 |
King Lear and Macbeth the Second Love Test | 100 |
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