Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 63Gale Research Company, 1984 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 76
Page 323
... Roman politics in Julius Caesar and Coriolanus addresses the relationship between self - knowledge and political knowledge . The inability of major characters in each play to come to terms with their selves leads them to make critical ...
... Roman politics in Julius Caesar and Coriolanus addresses the relationship between self - knowledge and political knowledge . The inability of major characters in each play to come to terms with their selves leads them to make critical ...
Page 329
... Roman hero , is , however , more difficult to discover . Times of crisis such as those portrayed in both plays merely emphasize problems endemic to the Roman republican world . With themselves at war , Shakespeare's Roman heroes find ...
... Roman hero , is , however , more difficult to discover . Times of crisis such as those portrayed in both plays merely emphasize problems endemic to the Roman republican world . With themselves at war , Shakespeare's Roman heroes find ...
Page 330
... Roman plays cannot be labeled defenses of monarchy— Roman , " divine right , " or otherwise . Not a " modern " in the sense that he believed that significant progress in the human condition was either immanent or for that matter ...
... Roman plays cannot be labeled defenses of monarchy— Roman , " divine right , " or otherwise . Not a " modern " in the sense that he believed that significant progress in the human condition was either immanent or for that matter ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action actors All's Antony Antony's audience becomes bed-trick Bertram blood Brutus Brutus's Cade Cade's Cassius ceremony characters claim comedy comic conspirators Coriolanus Countess critics death desire Diana dramatic Duke Edward Elizabethan England English Epicurean essay father female feminine French gender Gentlemen of Verona Gloucester Helena Henry Henry VI Henry's heroic honor husband irony Jack Cade Joan Joan's Julia Julius Caesar King King's Lafew language Lavatch letter London lord male Mannerist Margaret marriage masculine means moral murder nature noble oath Parolles play play's plebeians plot Plutarch political Portia problem Problem Comedies Proteus Queen reading Renaissance rhetoric Richard Richard III ritual role Roman Rome says scene seems sexual Shake Shakespeare Silvia social soliloquy speak speare speare's speech spirit stage Suffolk suggests Talbot Tamburlaine theater theatrical thee thou Thurio tion tragedy unnatural Valentine virginity virtue Warwick wife woman women words York Yorkist