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... play's sensible figure.58 But if he is more than the organizer of part of the play's denouement , if he relates to anything that one would be tempted to call the theme of the play , it is through his accurate observation of human nature ...
... play's sensible figure.58 But if he is more than the organizer of part of the play's denouement , if he relates to anything that one would be tempted to call the theme of the play , it is through his accurate observation of human nature ...
Page 101
... play point out the good joke at his expense , but he worries us . A further brief look at the play's structure and themes may help to account for this . Malvolio has no real counterpart . Maria , perhaps , should have been , but she ...
... play point out the good joke at his expense , but he worries us . A further brief look at the play's structure and themes may help to account for this . Malvolio has no real counterpart . Maria , perhaps , should have been , but she ...
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... play is somehow or other in excess : Rosalind is the common sense representative who restores things to proportion and is ... play's conclusion : ' if idealism has need of critics , its critics have still more need of idealism ' . 47 ...
... play is somehow or other in excess : Rosalind is the common sense representative who restores things to proportion and is ... play's conclusion : ' if idealism has need of critics , its critics have still more need of idealism ' . 47 ...
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