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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... human . In his alienation , Timon the bestial man has even proudly assumed a pose of cantankerous and despairing madness . It is a madness which can only lead to one woeful conclusion . For Timon's fall into misanthropy involves a whole ...
... human . In his alienation , Timon the bestial man has even proudly assumed a pose of cantankerous and despairing madness . It is a madness which can only lead to one woeful conclusion . For Timon's fall into misanthropy involves a whole ...
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... humanity , the universal human condition . Thus , according to Barbara Everett ( in another explicitly anti - Christian analysis ) : In the storm scene Lear is at his most powerful and , despite moral considerations , at his noblest ...
... humanity , the universal human condition . Thus , according to Barbara Everett ( in another explicitly anti - Christian analysis ) : In the storm scene Lear is at his most powerful and , despite moral considerations , at his noblest ...
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... human relations : the desperate need which human beings have for each other , and their paradoxical inability to satisfy that need . The presence of this theme in the play has often been noticed , ' but rarely , I think , with ...
... human relations : the desperate need which human beings have for each other , and their paradoxical inability to satisfy that need . The presence of this theme in the play has often been noticed , ' but rarely , I think , with ...
Contents
Cumulative Character Index | 355 |
Cumulative Topic Index | 367 |
Cumulative Topic Index by Play | 391 |
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