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Page 340
... play which certainly makes it appear confused , form- less , and , in short , a failure . " Mr. Robertson is undoubtedly correct , " Mr. Eliot writes , " in concluding that the essential emotion of the play is the feel- ing of a son ...
... play which certainly makes it appear confused , form- less , and , in short , a failure . " Mr. Robertson is undoubtedly correct , " Mr. Eliot writes , " in concluding that the essential emotion of the play is the feel- ing of a son ...
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... play , it is obvious that Hamlet himself plays a central role . In the two rituals of the prologue he is , like the audience , a mere puzzled and troubled bystander . After the hidden struggles of Act I , II , and III , he presents ...
... play , it is obvious that Hamlet himself plays a central role . In the two rituals of the prologue he is , like the audience , a mere puzzled and troubled bystander . After the hidden struggles of Act I , II , and III , he presents ...
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... play would give . But I think that Shakespeare , in writing the play , was counting on such a per- formance , and upon the willing make - believe of his audience and his performers . The elements of the Tudor monarchy , of the ...
... play would give . But I think that Shakespeare , in writing the play , was counting on such a per- formance , and upon the willing make - believe of his audience and his performers . The elements of the Tudor monarchy , of the ...
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HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
Sophocles | 78 |
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