The Oxford Shakespeare: Troilus and CressidaClarendon Press, 1982 M09 30 - 214 pages Troilus and Cressida is perhaps Shakespeare's most philosophical play, and its preoccupation with war, sex, and time has seemed peculiarly relevant since the First World War. Fine productions have demonstrated the play's theatrical power, and critics have explored and illuminated its ideas and its exceptionally complex language. Kenneth Muir, in his introduction, sets the play in its historical context, discusses its odd career in the theatre, examines Shakespeare's handling of his multiple sources, and assesses the contribution of interpretative criticism to a deeper understanding of this sombre examination of a fallen world. |
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... Andromache ANDROMACHE When was my lord so much ungently tempered , To stop his ears against admonishment ? Unarm , unarm , and do not fight today . HECTOR You train me to offend you ; get you in . By all the everlasting gods , I'll go ...
... Andromache ANDROMACHE When was my lord so much ungently tempered , To stop his ears against admonishment ? Unarm , unarm , and do not fight today . HECTOR You train me to offend you ; get you in . By all the everlasting gods , I'll go ...
Page 178
... ANDROMACHE Cassandra , call my father to persuade . Exit Cassandra HECTOR No , faith , young Troilus ; doff thy harness , youth . I am today i'th ' vein of chivalry . Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong , And tempt not yet ...
... ANDROMACHE Cassandra , call my father to persuade . Exit Cassandra HECTOR No , faith , young Troilus ; doff thy harness , youth . I am today i'th ' vein of chivalry . Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong , And tempt not yet ...
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... Andromache . Either Shakespeare himself omitted them or , since the two speeches of Cassandra which sandwich Andromache's lines make ' a logically com- plete unit ' ( New Variorum ) , he may have written some partially legible lines in ...
... Andromache . Either Shakespeare himself omitted them or , since the two speeches of Cassandra which sandwich Andromache's lines make ' a logically com- plete unit ' ( New Variorum ) , he may have written some partially legible lines in ...
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