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... and suggests " a course pretty and full in view , " by which she may " happily be near the residence of Posthumus , " she exclaims , " Oh , for such means , Though peril to my modesty , not death on't , I would adventure .
... and suggests " a course pretty and full in view , " by which she may " happily be near the residence of Posthumus , " she exclaims , " Oh , for such means , Though peril to my modesty , not death on't , I would adventure .
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It moves upon the verge of an abyss , and is a constant struggle between life and death . The action is desperate , and the reaction is dreadful . It is a huddling together of fierce extremes , a war of opposite natures which of them ...
It moves upon the verge of an abyss , and is a constant struggle between life and death . The action is desperate , and the reaction is dreadful . It is a huddling together of fierce extremes , a war of opposite natures which of them ...
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Macbeth , after the death of Banquo , wishes for his presence in extravagant terms . " To him and all we thirst , " and when his ghost appears , cries out , " Avaunt and quit my sight , " and being gone , he is " himself again .
Macbeth , after the death of Banquo , wishes for his presence in extravagant terms . " To him and all we thirst , " and when his ghost appears , cries out , " Avaunt and quit my sight , " and being gone , he is " himself again .
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The dramatic fluctuation of passion , the calmness of Brutus , the heat of Cassius , are admirably described ; and the exclamation of Cassius on hearing of the death of Portia , which he does not learn till after their reconciliation ...
The dramatic fluctuation of passion , the calmness of Brutus , the heat of Cassius , are admirably described ; and the exclamation of Cassius on hearing of the death of Portia , which he does not learn till after their reconciliation ...
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The death of Brutus is worthy of him - it has the dignity of the Roman senator with the firmness of the Stoic philosopher . But what is perhaps better than either , is the little incident of his boy , Lucius ...
The death of Brutus is worthy of him - it has the dignity of the Roman senator with the firmness of the Stoic philosopher . But what is perhaps better than either , is the little incident of his boy , Lucius ...
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| Title | Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Wiley & Putnam's library of choice reading |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Publisher | Wiley and Putnam, 1845 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 229 pages |
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