The Tragic Engagement: A Study of Shakespeare's Classical TragediesFunk & Wagnalls, 1968 - 336 pages |
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Page 68
... hand raised , in threat or just a call to attention ; yet without him , the figure in focus would be a bore . So Shakespeare shapes Caesar to the opening moral dilemma , his bearing regal and legitimate enough to make his assassination ...
... hand raised , in threat or just a call to attention ; yet without him , the figure in focus would be a bore . So Shakespeare shapes Caesar to the opening moral dilemma , his bearing regal and legitimate enough to make his assassination ...
Page 126
... hand " ( III.i.184 ) of each in turn . This is no simple salutation , but a ceremonial compact , taking on some of Caesar's blood , still on their hands . Its ritual char- acter is conveyed by Antony himself , who says to Caesar's body ...
... hand " ( III.i.184 ) of each in turn . This is no simple salutation , but a ceremonial compact , taking on some of Caesar's blood , still on their hands . Its ritual char- acter is conveyed by Antony himself , who says to Caesar's body ...
Page 255
... hand in hand , And with our sprightly port make the ghosts gaze , Dido and her Aeneas shall want troops , And all the haunt be ours . Cleopatra also dies : As she would catch another Antony ( IV.xiv.51-54 ) In her strong toil of grace ...
... hand in hand , And with our sprightly port make the ghosts gaze , Dido and her Aeneas shall want troops , And all the haunt be ours . Cleopatra also dies : As she would catch another Antony ( IV.xiv.51-54 ) In her strong toil of grace ...
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