All Semblative a Woman's Part?: Studies in the Staging of and Audience Response to Boy Actors in Sexual Disguise in the Elizabethan Theatre 1580-1615H. Gras, 1991 - 583 pages |
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... death ( 5.1.74-115 ) , and the fool's skull ( 11. 169-89 ) make him aware that all earthly roles are only shapes ... death of Caesar in relation to Claudius as the victim of his task as a revenger : Hamlet's reflection on Caesar's death ...
... death ( 5.1.74-115 ) , and the fool's skull ( 11. 169-89 ) make him aware that all earthly roles are only shapes ... death of Caesar in relation to Claudius as the victim of his task as a revenger : Hamlet's reflection on Caesar's death ...
Page 324
... death . The author of Death of Usury had said , " If a man takes above 10. pound in the 100. indirectly , he is in great danger " ( sig . D3 ) . As regards the fleshly pound charged by Shylock this is certainly true , for both the ...
... death . The author of Death of Usury had said , " If a man takes above 10. pound in the 100. indirectly , he is in great danger " ( sig . D3 ) . As regards the fleshly pound charged by Shylock this is certainly true , for both the ...
Page 524
... Death , and us'd the power Of thy enchanting tongue , at that first hour Of his assault , he had let fall his dart , And quite been charm'd with thy all - charming art : This Death well knew , and , to prevent this wrong , He made ...
... Death , and us'd the power Of thy enchanting tongue , at that first hour Of his assault , he had let fall his dart , And quite been charm'd with thy all - charming art : This Death well knew , and , to prevent this wrong , He made ...
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