The Other Shakespeare--Romeo and Juliet, Volume 10Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their feuding families, and take their own lives. |
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( 135 ) ( 138 ) Romeo “ rashly ” slays Tybalt , but the truer , underlying emotion to blame is hate , momentary hate , but none the less hate , the capacity for which , again , is universal and not a flaw of Romeo's character .
( 135 ) ( 138 ) Romeo “ rashly ” slays Tybalt , but the truer , underlying emotion to blame is hate , momentary hate , but none the less hate , the capacity for which , again , is universal and not a flaw of Romeo's character .
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It should be clear now that virtually all of the criticism of the play and its characters resolves itself into criticism of the “ story ... should flow from character and not by accidents or coincidences , by definition things of fate .
It should be clear now that virtually all of the criticism of the play and its characters resolves itself into criticism of the “ story ... should flow from character and not by accidents or coincidences , by definition things of fate .
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a is , the more a play flows from Character the less , ergo , it will rely on the happenings of Fate , and of course conversely . ... These critics fail to see that the play has powerful characters “ and ” a powerful lot of mishaps .
a is , the more a play flows from Character the less , ergo , it will rely on the happenings of Fate , and of course conversely . ... These critics fail to see that the play has powerful characters “ and ” a powerful lot of mishaps .
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