The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamThe Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" studies Shakespeare's portrayal of the founding of Athens through a close reading of one of the Bard's most memorable comedies. Coupling careful attention to detail with interpretive breadth, The Soul of Athens examines the nature of love, the natural doubleness of human thinking and the ambiguous relation of image and reality, as well as patriarchy and democracy, and heroic and moral virtue. |
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... death The- seus was at least indirectly responsible . 18 Whereas A Midsummer Night's Dream begins with a father invoking " the ancient privilege of Athens " ( 1.1.41 ) to marry his daughter to the man he wishes , it ends with the father ...
... death The- seus was at least indirectly responsible . 18 Whereas A Midsummer Night's Dream begins with a father invoking " the ancient privilege of Athens " ( 1.1.41 ) to marry his daughter to the man he wishes , it ends with the father ...
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... death , much as Athens had done with its allies a century and a half earlier in establishing its own empire.33 Despite all this , commentators often doubt that A Midsummer Night's Dream is really about Athens at all.34 The characters ...
... death , much as Athens had done with its allies a century and a half earlier in establishing its own empire.33 Despite all this , commentators often doubt that A Midsummer Night's Dream is really about Athens at all.34 The characters ...
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