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Page 142
... course . If he is not the father of lies , he is surely one of that character's tribe , by his own admission . He works " by wit , and not by witchcraft " ( II , iii , 379 ) , but lying is a form of wit , as Hazlitt tells us . False ...
... course . If he is not the father of lies , he is surely one of that character's tribe , by his own admission . He works " by wit , and not by witchcraft " ( II , iii , 379 ) , but lying is a form of wit , as Hazlitt tells us . False ...
Page 247
... course , has a literal explanation : Macbeth has won a " fair " victory on a day when the weather is " foul . " But it is an obtuse reader or playgoer who does not attach a much more sinister signifi- cance to this " Freudian echo ...
... course , has a literal explanation : Macbeth has won a " fair " victory on a day when the weather is " foul . " But it is an obtuse reader or playgoer who does not attach a much more sinister signifi- cance to this " Freudian echo ...
Page 299
... course , incarnates the flesh . Part of Shakespeare's sleight of hand in the play — his trickery with our normal standards and powers of judgment — is to construct an account of the human universe consisting of only these two terms ...
... course , incarnates the flesh . Part of Shakespeare's sleight of hand in the play — his trickery with our normal standards and powers of judgment — is to construct an account of the human universe consisting of only these two terms ...
Contents
THE IDEA OF SHAKESPEARE | 3 |
CRITICAL APPROACHES TO SHAKESPEARE | 11 |
FACT FROM FANTASY | 17 |
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