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... lack where we thought there was an excess . Since we expect Macbeth's wife to be especially cognizant and ... lacks good qualities herself , but also has the effect of making them disappear in others . She " unsexes " herself , and then ...
... lack where we thought there was an excess . Since we expect Macbeth's wife to be especially cognizant and ... lacks good qualities herself , but also has the effect of making them disappear in others . She " unsexes " herself , and then ...
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... lack , and establishes a limit to their grief and a foreseeable end to their suffering . " Howl , howl , howl ! " are the words of someone who lacks this self - control and restraint , whose grief is without limit and who foresees no ...
... lack , and establishes a limit to their grief and a foreseeable end to their suffering . " Howl , howl , howl ! " are the words of someone who lacks this self - control and restraint , whose grief is without limit and who foresees no ...
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... lacks . The play's final passage , as I read it , is designed to underscore Macbeth's lack of this sort of grace by attributing possession of it to his victorious opponents . This reading of the passage is admittedly tendentious . It ...
... lacks . The play's final passage , as I read it , is designed to underscore Macbeth's lack of this sort of grace by attributing possession of it to his victorious opponents . This reading of the passage is admittedly tendentious . It ...
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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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