Shakespearean CriticismPresents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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Page 157
... Hermione has not yet spoken in the scene , this admonition does not indicate that Leontes expects her to be ... Hermione's silence . First , Polixenes had to be allowed to register an absolute " no " to Leontes ' request . Second ...
... Hermione has not yet spoken in the scene , this admonition does not indicate that Leontes expects her to be ... Hermione's silence . First , Polixenes had to be allowed to register an absolute " no " to Leontes ' request . Second ...
Page 158
... Hermione uses the pronoun " us " need not disturb the interpretation since , as a queen , the ambiguity of the word would further display her wit . Leontes breaks in with , " Is he won yet ? " Many editors make the assumption that ...
... Hermione uses the pronoun " us " need not disturb the interpretation since , as a queen , the ambiguity of the word would further display her wit . Leontes breaks in with , " Is he won yet ? " Many editors make the assumption that ...
Page 173
... Hermione , who , appearing to Antigonus in a dream , names her daughter in Leontes's default and safely guides it to Bohemian shores , whereupon , amid the shepherds ' talk of fairies hovering , she vanishes , never to be heard from ...
... Hermione , who , appearing to Antigonus in a dream , names her daughter in Leontes's default and safely guides it to Bohemian shores , whereupon , amid the shepherds ' talk of fairies hovering , she vanishes , never to be heard from ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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