Unconformities in Shakespeare’s History Plays |
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... Towton ( to be eventually reported killed at the end of the play ) 10 and Clifford fell at Towton . In Acts ш - v we hear no more of the northern lords , or of Norfolk . Instead , new leaders , Oxford and Somerset , join Warwick to ...
... Towton ( to be eventually reported killed at the end of the play ) 10 and Clifford fell at Towton . In Acts ш - v we hear no more of the northern lords , or of Norfolk . Instead , new leaders , Oxford and Somerset , join Warwick to ...
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... Towton . They provide a unity which may be wanting in the action , and the centre of interest lies in following up the study of ambition and power - striving that was begun in The First Part of the Contention . In that first play pride ...
... Towton . They provide a unity which may be wanting in the action , and the centre of interest lies in following up the study of ambition and power - striving that was begun in The First Part of the Contention . In that first play pride ...
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... Towton ( II.iii . 14-22 ) and those in which Somerset reports the death of Montague at Barnet ( v.ii.40-7 ) ; and Warwick in both contexts declares ' I will not [ or : would not ] fly . ' Compare especially : II.iii.17-19 : And in the ...
... Towton ( II.iii . 14-22 ) and those in which Somerset reports the death of Montague at Barnet ( v.ii.40-7 ) ; and Warwick in both contexts declares ' I will not [ or : would not ] fly . ' Compare especially : II.iii.17-19 : And in the ...
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The Whole Contention One Play into | 19 |
Treachery and Dissension Two Plays into | 38 |
Plots and Prophecies | 59 |
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