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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... shown so early in the play ? 18 - What dramatic forecasts have we had up to this stage of the play ? Act 1 , Scene 3 . 1 - To what group of personages does Scene 3 introduce us ? 2 - Give salient traits of each character in the group ...
... shown so early in the play ? 18 - What dramatic forecasts have we had up to this stage of the play ? Act 1 , Scene 3 . 1 - To what group of personages does Scene 3 introduce us ? 2 - Give salient traits of each character in the group ...
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... shown his 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 ...
... shown his 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 ...
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... shown by Hamlet to his mother . 17 - What , in a former speech , Act III , Scene 2 , reveals the spirit in which Hamlet went to his mother's closet ? 18 - Give two reasons for the appearance of the Ghost in this scene . 19 - Where in ...
... shown by Hamlet to his mother . 17 - What , in a former speech , Act III , Scene 2 , reveals the spirit in which Hamlet went to his mother's closet ? 18 - Give two reasons for the appearance of the Ghost in this scene . 19 - Where in ...
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... shown his 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 ...
... shown his 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 ...
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... shown us redeeming qualities in him side by side with the criminal ? 21 - What is the atmosphere of Scene 7 ? 22 - What is meant by atmosphere in a play ? 23 - Why are the sentences so long in the Queen's speech to Laertes ? 24 - What ...
... shown us redeeming qualities in him side by side with the criminal ? 21 - What is the atmosphere of Scene 7 ? 22 - What is meant by atmosphere in a play ? 23 - Why are the sentences so long in the Queen's speech to Laertes ? 24 - What ...
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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.