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Della Porta also classifies human character types and compares them with the dispositions of animals having similar physical traits . Imprudence , foolishness , unteachableness , and lack of perception are assigned to the ass ...
Della Porta also classifies human character types and compares them with the dispositions of animals having similar physical traits . Imprudence , foolishness , unteachableness , and lack of perception are assigned to the ass ...
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19 Shakespeare compares Macbeth to ravenous beasts of prey , too , but he contrives to make the comparisons reveal not only cruelty and treachery but also a suggestion of Macbeth's inherent nobility . There is none of this “ shading ...
19 Shakespeare compares Macbeth to ravenous beasts of prey , too , but he contrives to make the comparisons reveal not only cruelty and treachery but also a suggestion of Macbeth's inherent nobility . There is none of this “ shading ...
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Considered together , they help to suggest the way Shakespeare " moralizes " Mankind according to Man's animal counterparts in Nature . In a long speech to the two men he has hired as murderers , Macbeth compares men with dogs : Ay ...
Considered together , they help to suggest the way Shakespeare " moralizes " Mankind according to Man's animal counterparts in Nature . In a long speech to the two men he has hired as murderers , Macbeth compares men with dogs : Ay ...
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