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in Shakespeare's plays , and each fable makes a significant contribution to an understanding of the characters or the ... The Elizabethans evidently thought of Aesop as the author of all or most of the diversified fables attributed to ...
in Shakespeare's plays , and each fable makes a significant contribution to an understanding of the characters or the ... The Elizabethans evidently thought of Aesop as the author of all or most of the diversified fables attributed to ...
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Erasmus suggested the pedagogical method to be employed in the teaching of Aesop : While his pupil is still a little child , he can bring in his teachings through pretty stories , pleasing fables , clever parables .
Erasmus suggested the pedagogical method to be employed in the teaching of Aesop : While his pupil is still a little child , he can bring in his teachings through pretty stories , pleasing fables , clever parables .
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Another fable of wickedness , to which Shakespeare alludes more than once , is the well - known story of a farmer who , upon finding a snake almost dead from cold , was moved with pity and warmed it in his breast .
Another fable of wickedness , to which Shakespeare alludes more than once , is the well - known story of a farmer who , upon finding a snake almost dead from cold , was moved with pity and warmed it in his breast .
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| Title | Animal Analogy in Shakespeare's Character Portrayal |
| Author | Audrey Elizabeth Yoder |
| Publisher | King's Crown Press, 1947 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 150 pages |
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