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" ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. "
Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere - Page 287
by William Shakespeare - 1843
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Rhetoric and Kairos: Essays in History, Theory, and Praxis

Phillip Sipiora, James S. Baumlin - 2002 - 276 pages
...with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at...to hold as 't were the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure....
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Acting Shakespeare: For Auditions and Examinations

Frank Barrie - 2003 - 136 pages
...robustious, periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the 6 Be not too tame, neither; but let your own discretion...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold as twere the mirror up to nature Hamlet act 3 scene 2 Termagant'...
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Shakespeare Plays the Classroom

Stuart E. Omans, Maurice J. O'Sullivan - 2003 - 270 pages
...doesn't quite work, an exciting imperfection can often be far more watchable than a boring masterpiece! Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. (Hamlet III. ii. 16-1 9) Why Do You Dress Me in Borrowed Robes? Creating Renaissance Costume J. Ann...
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Albert Vogel, voordrachtskunstenaar (1874-1933)

Caroline de Westenholz - 2003 - 390 pages
...the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...hold, as 't were, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.'...
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The Kendall/Hunt Anthology: Literature to Write About

K. H. Anthol - 2003 - 344 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant. It outherods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. 16 [I.] Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...the word, the word to the action; with this special 20 observance, that you [o'erstep] not the modesty of nature. For anything so overdone is from the...
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The Fragmentation of the Proper Name and the Crisis of Degree ...

Radhouan Ben Amara - 2004 - 148 pages
...diversite et naturel sont les allies de 1'humanite." (Delannoi 56) Hamlet may give the answer to this: Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as't were, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own...
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So You Want to be a Theatre Director?

Stephen Unwin - 2004 - 256 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it. FIRST PLAYER I warrant your honour. HAMLET Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own...
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Rhetoric and Renaissance Culture

Heinrich F. Plett - 2004 - 600 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant, it outHerods Herod. Pray you avoid it. 1st Player. I warrant your honour. Hamlet: Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold as...
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Charles Brockden Brown and the Literary Magazine: Cultural Journalism in the ...

Michael Cody - 2004 - 220 pages
...(3). 10. The metaphor of the mirror is taken from act 3, scene 2, of William Shakespeare's Hamlet: Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold as...
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Shakespeare's Webs: Networks of Meaning in Renaissance Drama

Arthur F. Kinney - 2004 - 196 pages
...and so he urges the troupe to be most natural, most exacting in their performance. Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own...
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