Commentary and Control in Shakespeare's Plays |
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... perhaps should be mentioned first is structural . Whereas in the first part there are very few and only brief instances of characters achieving close contact with the audience , this play is constructed so as to bring us close to one ...
... perhaps should be mentioned first is structural . Whereas in the first part there are very few and only brief instances of characters achieving close contact with the audience , this play is constructed so as to bring us close to one ...
Page 64
... Perhaps the nature of response to tragedy is involved here . Tragedy gains its force from our emotional commitment to the main charac- ters , our strong sympathies for them and hopes on their behalf . Thus we may be inclined to feel ...
... Perhaps the nature of response to tragedy is involved here . Tragedy gains its force from our emotional commitment to the main charac- ters , our strong sympathies for them and hopes on their behalf . Thus we may be inclined to feel ...
Page 137
... Perhaps one source of lingering discomfort is simply his strenuous efforts to manipulate everyone through his tests and into his ending , and to hammer home his views , when our sympathies were roughly right anyway , and we did not know ...
... Perhaps one source of lingering discomfort is simply his strenuous efforts to manipulate everyone through his tests and into his ending , and to hammer home his views , when our sympathies were roughly right anyway , and we did not know ...
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