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" gainst my fury Do I take part. The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance. They being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. "
The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a ... - Page 63
by William Shakespeare - 1850
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Things Supernatural and Causeless: Shakespearean Romance

Marco Mincoff - 1992 - 148 pages
...Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am strook to th' quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. (5.1.21-30) It is an unusually rational sort of motivation for Shakespeare—from the head and not...
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New Theatre Quarterly 40: Volume 10, Part 4

Clive Barker, Simon Trussler - 1994 - 108 pages
...Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick, Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do...extend Not a frown further. Go, release them, Ariel. This is certainly a speech of self-examination. The interpretive question is whether it also represents...
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Repentance: A Comparative Perspective

Amitai Etzioni, David Carney - 1997 - 208 pages
...so strongly works 'em, That if you now beheld them, your affections Would become tender. PROSPERO: And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch,...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. These brief passages from the closing of Shakespeare's The Tempest contain many profound but controversial...
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Character, Liberty and Law: Kantian Essays in Theory and Practice

J.G. Murphy - 1998 - 260 pages
...charm so strongly works 'em, That if you now beheld them your affections Would become tender. Prospero: And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch,...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. 1. INTRODUCTION These brief passages from the closing of Shakespeare's The Tempest contain many profound...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare

Laurie Rozakis - 1999 - 406 pages
...champions "virtue" over "vengeance" and abjures his magic. Though with their high wrongs I am strook to th' quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. The play concludes when Prospero steps out of character to deliver an epilogue asking the audience...
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Shakespeare's Reading

Robert S. Miola - 2000 - 206 pages
...Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick, Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. (5. i. 21-30) Pitying the suffering of his prisoners, recognizing their common humanity, Prospero puts...
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The Tempest

Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - 2001 - 38 pages
...other spirits are to the audience. She Prospero's nobility Vet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fwy Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. Act v Sc i Ferdinand Miranda IM / • . \ H I 7 Ferdinand on Prospero O! she is ten times more gentle...
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Forgiveness in Context: Theology and Psychology in Creative Dialogue

Fraser Watts, Liz Gulliford - 2004 - 226 pages
...and the 'Father forgive them' of the Passion narrative (Luke 23). See also the speech of Prospero: Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick...part. The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: (The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1) Thus far, forgiveness inhabits the 'higher plains' of virtue and, at...
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La tempesta

William Shakespeare - 2004 - 262 pages
...kindlier mov'd than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to [th' quick, 25 Yet with nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the...penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Stracclmi di dolore e di paura: Ma specialmente quello Che tu hai chiamato, padrone, "II buon vecchio...
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Why Shakespeare: An Introduction to the Playwright's Art

G. M. Pinciss - 2005 - 214 pages
...different course of action is to be preferred: Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th'quick Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do I take...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. We can hear a restatement of these sentiments in Lear's plea to Cordelia: "I pray you, now, forget...
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