Unconformities in Shakespeare’s History PlaysPalgrave Macmillan UK, 1982 M07 8 - 207 pages |
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... lives of in- dividuals often tragic lives as a main concern of the history plays , and the acts of individuals in these plays as events in the larger life of the nation . I am also prepared to see the tragic form subsumed in the ...
... lives of in- dividuals often tragic lives as a main concern of the history plays , and the acts of individuals in these plays as events in the larger life of the nation . I am also prepared to see the tragic form subsumed in the ...
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... live to make the Earl of Warwick The greatest man in England but the king . These are the kind of assurances that can usually be relied upon to foretell the outcome of events , but as it happens the Duke of York does not live either to ...
... live to make the Earl of Warwick The greatest man in England but the king . These are the kind of assurances that can usually be relied upon to foretell the outcome of events , but as it happens the Duke of York does not live either to ...
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... Live in thy shame , but die not shame with thee ! These words hereafter thy tormentors be ! ( II.i.135–6 ) In any other play , particularly Richard III , this curse or prophecy would be a prelude to great conflicts of defiance or ...
... Live in thy shame , but die not shame with thee ! These words hereafter thy tormentors be ! ( II.i.135–6 ) In any other play , particularly Richard III , this curse or prophecy would be a prelude to great conflicts of defiance or ...
Contents
The Whole Contention One Play into | 19 |
Treachery and Dissension Two Plays into | 38 |
Plots and Prophecies | 59 |
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