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... Juliet , which is so lyric a play in mood ; in it the love sings . But the singing is highly artful — “ artificial , ” the Elizabethans would have said , meaning no dispraise , for what we say must be clothed in appropriate form both to ...
... Juliet , which is so lyric a play in mood ; in it the love sings . But the singing is highly artful — “ artificial , ” the Elizabethans would have said , meaning no dispraise , for what we say must be clothed in appropriate form both to ...
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... Juliet is a quick follower , though properly shy as well . In the interchange , the controlled and witty game holds in the excite- ment of their mutual discovery ; it makes for boldness , yet keeps it within the bounds of propriety . In ...
... Juliet is a quick follower , though properly shy as well . In the interchange , the controlled and witty game holds in the excite- ment of their mutual discovery ; it makes for boldness , yet keeps it within the bounds of propriety . In ...
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... Juliet . By this means the love of Romeo and Juliet is set apart in its speciality and completeness . The meeting of the lovers at Friar Laurence's cell for the mar- riage is brief and formal . When we next see them together it is at ...
... Juliet . By this means the love of Romeo and Juliet is set apart in its speciality and completeness . The meeting of the lovers at Friar Laurence's cell for the mar- riage is brief and formal . When we next see them together it is at ...
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