Keys to Shakespeare's Treasure House: Hamlet. [v.2] Anthony & Cleopatra. [v.3] Twelfth night. [v.4] Merchant of Venice. [v.5] Richard III |
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... knowledge and a quickened appreciation of the work for ourselves . Hence , this series . The object is to search for the impulse behind the thought ; or , in other words , to penetrate as far as possible toward the spring that controls ...
... knowledge and a quickened appreciation of the work for ourselves . Hence , this series . The object is to search for the impulse behind the thought ; or , in other words , to penetrate as far as possible toward the spring that controls ...
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... knowledge of Shakespeare's may the character of Hamlet be traced ? 22 - How may we assume that this character must have some connection with the common fundamental laws of human nature ? 23 - How does Mrs. Jameson characterize Ophelia ...
... knowledge of Shakespeare's may the character of Hamlet be traced ? 22 - How may we assume that this character must have some connection with the common fundamental laws of human nature ? 23 - How does Mrs. Jameson characterize Ophelia ...
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... knowledge of insanity ? 18 - What is the office of Voltimand and Cornelius in this scene ? 19 - To what do you attribute the numerous plays upon words in which Hamlet indulges ? 20 - Some have thought that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ...
... knowledge of insanity ? 18 - What is the office of Voltimand and Cornelius in this scene ? 19 - To what do you attribute the numerous plays upon words in which Hamlet indulges ? 20 - Some have thought that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ...
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... knowledge of the drama and of acting ? 10 - What does Hamlet's description of Horatio's character re- veal to you ? 11 - Was Hamlet " a pipe for fortune's finger ? " 12 - What psychological study in Act III , Scene 2 ? 13 - What have we ...
... knowledge of the drama and of acting ? 10 - What does Hamlet's description of Horatio's character re- veal to you ? 11 - Was Hamlet " a pipe for fortune's finger ? " 12 - What psychological study in Act III , Scene 2 ? 13 - What have we ...
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... knowledge of in- sanity ? 28 - Where in Scene 5 does the Queen show supreme mother love ? 29 - What is the most pathetic thing in Scene 5 ? 30 - Define " wheel " as used in Scene 5 ? 31 - What is the sentiment of the rabble in Scene 5 ...
... knowledge of in- sanity ? 28 - Where in Scene 5 does the Queen show supreme mother love ? 29 - What is the most pathetic thing in Scene 5 ? 30 - Define " wheel " as used in Scene 5 ? 31 - What is the sentiment of the rabble in Scene 5 ...
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Page 18 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Page 12 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood...
Page 16 - O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ; Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self -slaughter...
Page 15 - ... can they be expressed by a single man ? There ought to be at least a dozen of these people, if they could be had : for it is only in society that they are anything; they are society itself; and Shakspeare showed no little wisdom and discernment in bringing in a pair of them.
Page 19 - My words fly up, my thoughts remain below, Words without thought never to Heaven go.
Page 5 - She is like the snow flake on the river — a moment seen, then gone forever.