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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... lines on his monument at Stratford- * * all that he hath writ Leaves living art but page to serve his wit . " Balance and Proportion are two of the main ideas wrought out in the Tragedy of Hamlet . The first example of this idea is in ...
... lines on his monument at Stratford- * * all that he hath writ Leaves living art but page to serve his wit . " Balance and Proportion are two of the main ideas wrought out in the Tragedy of Hamlet . The first example of this idea is in ...
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... line in Ophelia's description of the interview describes Sir Henry Irving's impersonation of Shylock ? 14 - What development in Polonius ' character since the opening of the play ? 15 - Comment on Polonius ' view of Hamlet's appearance ...
... line in Ophelia's description of the interview describes Sir Henry Irving's impersonation of Shylock ? 14 - What development in Polonius ' character since the opening of the play ? 15 - Comment on Polonius ' view of Hamlet's appearance ...
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... lines in the play within the play were inserted by Hamlet ? 22 - What is the condition of the different persons during the play within the play ? 23 - What follows the ascertaining of Claudius ' guilt ? 24 - Why does Hamlet call for ...
... lines in the play within the play were inserted by Hamlet ? 22 - What is the condition of the different persons during the play within the play ? 23 - What follows the ascertaining of Claudius ' guilt ? 24 - Why does Hamlet call for ...
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... lines 11 , 12 , 13 , in Scene 5 . 3 - Comment on lines 19 and 20 , Scene 5 . 4 - What were the causes of Ophelia's insanity ? 5 - What is the Queen's attitude toward Ophelia ? 6 - Is there anything in Ophelia's madness to sustain 22.
... lines 11 , 12 , 13 , in Scene 5 . 3 - Comment on lines 19 and 20 , Scene 5 . 4 - What were the causes of Ophelia's insanity ? 5 - What is the Queen's attitude toward Ophelia ? 6 - Is there anything in Ophelia's madness to sustain 22.
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... line 23 . 12 - What was the effect on Hamlet of Ophelia's lack of moral strength ? 13 - Is Shakespeare's portrayal of ... lines spoken by Hamlet compare with any other character in any one play ? 19 - What in Scene 2 outlines Hamlet's ...
... line 23 . 12 - What was the effect on Hamlet of Ophelia's lack of moral strength ? 13 - Is Shakespeare's portrayal of ... lines spoken by Hamlet compare with any other character in any one play ? 19 - What in Scene 2 outlines Hamlet's ...
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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.