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... tragedies of which the catastrophe consists inthe swoon ofan enamoured princess. If Shakespeare falls occasionally into theopposite extreme, it isa noble error, originating inthe fulness of agigantic strength:and yet this tragical Titan ...
... tragedies of which the catastrophe consists inthe swoon ofan enamoured princess. If Shakespeare falls occasionally into theopposite extreme, it isa noble error, originating inthe fulness of agigantic strength:and yet this tragical Titan ...
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... tragedy,for thegreater part, by incident and action. His tragedy seems to be skill, his comedy tobeinstinct.' Yet after sayingthat 'his tragedy was skill', heaffirms inthenext page,'His declamations orset speeches arecommonly coldand ...
... tragedy,for thegreater part, by incident and action. His tragedy seems to be skill, his comedy tobeinstinct.' Yet after sayingthat 'his tragedy was skill', heaffirms inthenext page,'His declamations orset speeches arecommonly coldand ...
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... tragedies. Lear stands first for the profound intensity of the passion; Macbeth for the wildness of the imagination and the rapidity of the action; Othellofor the progressive interest and powerful alternations of feeling; Hamlet for the ...
... tragedies. Lear stands first for the profound intensity of the passion; Macbeth for the wildness of the imagination and the rapidity of the action; Othellofor the progressive interest and powerful alternations of feeling; Hamlet for the ...
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... tragedy personified. In comingonin the sleeping scene, her eyes were open,but their sensewas shut. She was like a person bewildered and unconsciousof whatshedid. Her lipsmoved involuntarily—all her gestures were involuntaryand ...
... tragedy personified. In comingonin the sleeping scene, her eyes were open,but their sensewas shut. She was like a person bewildered and unconsciousof whatshedid. Her lipsmoved involuntarily—all her gestures were involuntaryand ...
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... tragedy and comedy. Filch's picking pockets, in the Beggars' Opera,is not so good a jestas itused tobe:bythe forceof the police and of philosophy, Lillo's murders and the ghosts in Shakespeare will become obsolete. At last there will be ...
... tragedy and comedy. Filch's picking pockets, in the Beggars' Opera,is not so good a jestas itused tobe:bythe forceof the police and of philosophy, Lillo's murders and the ghosts in Shakespeare will become obsolete. At last there will be ...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays: & Lectures on the English Poets William Hazlitt No preview available - 2015 |
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