The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1J. D. Morris, 1901 |
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... moral - play , pure and simple , the personages are all embodiments of abstract ideas , and the motive of the play is the enforcement of moral truth as a guide to human conduct . The abstract ideas may be virtues , as Justice , Mercy ...
... moral - play , pure and simple , the personages are all embodiments of abstract ideas , and the motive of the play is the enforcement of moral truth as a guide to human conduct . The abstract ideas may be virtues , as Justice , Mercy ...
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... play shorter than a moral - play , and without allegorical characters or significance , and so better suited to the occasion for which it was intended . John Heywood was the master of this kind of play - writing , if indeed he were not ...
... play shorter than a moral - play , and without allegorical characters or significance , and so better suited to the occasion for which it was intended . John Heywood was the master of this kind of play - writing , if indeed he were not ...
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... plays , and , by introducing the impersonation of abstract qualities , had worked a change in their structure and their purpose , which finally produced the moral - play , so personages in- tended as satire upon classes and individuals ...
... plays , and , by introducing the impersonation of abstract qualities , had worked a change in their structure and their purpose , which finally produced the moral - play , so personages in- tended as satire upon classes and individuals ...
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