Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 83Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 169
... Cordelia's death is " horrible , cruel , unnecessarily cruel . " Wilders comments on the " terrible irony " of this ... Cordelia should not die of despair ( in the source stories she ultimately kills herself , an action incompatible with ...
... Cordelia's death is " horrible , cruel , unnecessarily cruel . " Wilders comments on the " terrible irony " of this ... Cordelia should not die of despair ( in the source stories she ultimately kills herself , an action incompatible with ...
Page 177
... Cordelia but Kent : " I [ Kent ] know ' tis from Cordelia ( Who ... course ) and [ I , Kent , ] shall find time " to remedy losses . Many editors have so understood and punctuated the lines , giving a very different meaning from that in ...
... Cordelia but Kent : " I [ Kent ] know ' tis from Cordelia ( Who ... course ) and [ I , Kent , ] shall find time " to remedy losses . Many editors have so understood and punctuated the lines , giving a very different meaning from that in ...
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... Cordelia to lead , or at least to accompany , a French army that lands in Eng- land and fights against the armies of Goneril and Regan . The second difficulty is Cordelia's speech in 4.4 , where , at our first view of her since her ...
... Cordelia to lead , or at least to accompany , a French army that lands in Eng- land and fights against the armies of Goneril and Regan . The second difficulty is Cordelia's speech in 4.4 , where , at our first view of her since her ...
Contents
Cumulative Character Index | 355 |
Cumulative Topic Index | 367 |
Cumulative Topic Index by Play | 391 |
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