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Page 81
... character and skill in drawing it , his marked leaning to irony in language and plot , his curtailment of the part of the Chorus , his typical tragic hero and plot— every element of his homogeneous art . Before attempting this we may ...
... character and skill in drawing it , his marked leaning to irony in language and plot , his curtailment of the part of the Chorus , his typical tragic hero and plot— every element of his homogeneous art . Before attempting this we may ...
Page 136
... characters have become so human that they will not speak merely for another . In Aeschylus , however , there are whole speeches which are hypnotic , and hardly in character at all . The effect is so unfamiliar to readers schooled in ...
... characters have become so human that they will not speak merely for another . In Aeschylus , however , there are whole speeches which are hypnotic , and hardly in character at all . The effect is so unfamiliar to readers schooled in ...
Page 242
... character , a womanish character , a stubborn character , bestial , childish , animal , stupid , counterfeit , scurrilous , fraudulent , tyrannical . Or this : About what am I now employing my soul ? On every occasion I must ask myself ...
... character , a womanish character , a stubborn character , bestial , childish , animal , stupid , counterfeit , scurrilous , fraudulent , tyrannical . Or this : About what am I now employing my soul ? On every occasion I must ask myself ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
Sophocles | 78 |
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