Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth NightRandom House Publishing Group, 26 aug. 2009 - 736 pagini The Taming of the Shrew Robust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee. A Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood turn the mismatched rivalries of four young lovers into a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, all touched by Shakespeare’s inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between dreams and the waking world. The Merchant of Venice This dark comedy of love and money contains one of the truly mythic figures in literature–Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. The “pound of flesh” he demands as payment of Antonio’s debt has become a universal metaphor for vengeance. Here, pathos and farce combine with moral complexity and romantic entanglements, to display the extraordinary power and range of Shakespeare at his best. Twelfth Night Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy juxtaposes a romantic plot involving separated twins and mistaken identity with a more satiric one about the humiliation of a pompous killjoy. The hilarity is touched with melancholy, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s plaintive song. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... Egeus. The inflexible Athenian law sides with parentage, age, male dominance, wealth, and position against youth and romantic choice in love. The penalties are harsh: death or perpetual virginity-and virginity is presented in this ...
... Egeus. The inflexible Athenian law sides with parentage, age, male dominance, wealth, and position against youth and romantic choice in love. The penalties are harsh: death or perpetual virginity-and virginity is presented in this ...
Pagina cxlix
... Egeus's demand, therefore-that Hermia marry Demetrius rather than Lysander-seems simply arbitrary and unjust. Shakespeare emphasizes in this way the irrationality 01 Egeus's harsh insistence on being obeyed and of Т11е5е115'5 1а111е1 ...
... Egeus's demand, therefore-that Hermia marry Demetrius rather than Lysander-seems simply arbitrary and unjust. Shakespeare emphasizes in this way the irrationality 01 Egeus's harsh insistence on being obeyed and of Т11е5е115'5 1а111е1 ...
Pagina clxxxi
... EGEUS, father of Hermia HERMIA, daughter of Egeus, in love with Lysander LYSANDER, in love with Hermia DEMETRIUS, in love with Hermia and favored by Egeus HELENA, in love with Demetrius OBERON, King of the Fairies TITANIA, Queen of the ...
... EGEUS, father of Hermia HERMIA, daughter of Egeus, in love with Lysander LYSANDER, in love with Hermia DEMETRIUS, in love with Hermia and favored by Egeus HELENA, in love with Demetrius OBERON, King of the Fairies TITANIA, Queen of the ...
Pagina clxxxiv
... Egeus and his daughter Hermia, and Lysander, and Demetrius. EGEUS Happy be Theseus, our renowned duke! THESEUS Thanks, good Egeus. What's the news with thee? EGEUS Full of vexation come I, with complaint Against my child, my daughter ...
... Egeus and his daughter Hermia, and Lysander, and Demetrius. EGEUS Happy be Theseus, our renowned duke! THESEUS Thanks, good Egeus. What's the news with thee? EGEUS Full of vexation come I, with complaint Against my child, my daughter ...
Pagina clxxxvii
... EGEUS Scornful Lysander! True, he hath my love, And what is mine my love shall render him. And she is mine, and all my right of her I do estate unto98 Demetrius. LYSANDER I am, my lord, as well derived?? as he, As well possessedlOO; my ...
... EGEUS Scornful Lysander! True, he hath my love, And what is mine my love shall render him. And she is mine, and all my right of her I do estate unto98 Demetrius. LYSANDER I am, my lord, as well derived?? as he, As well possessedlOO; my ...
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Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/a Midsummer Night's Dream/the ... William Shakespeare Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 1988 |
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actors Antonio Athens audience BAPTISTA Bassanio Bianca BIONDELLO BOTTOM Christian comedy daughter Demetrius director doctor of laws doth Duke Egeus Enter Exeunt Exit eyes FABIAN fair fairies father FESTE film fool friends gentleman give GOBBO GRATIANO GREMIO hast hath hear heart Helena Hermia Hippolyta HORTENSIO husband Jessica Julina Kate KATHARINA lady Lancelot lion look lord LORENZO lovers Lucentio Lysander madam MALVOLIO MARIA marriage marry master Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night’s Dream mistress moon Nerissa never o’er Oberon OLIVIA ORSINO PETRUCHIO play’s PORTIA pray production Puck Pyramus and Thisbe Queen QUINCE SALERIO Sebastian servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s play Shrew Shylock Signor Ansaldo Signor Giannetto Silla Silvio SIR ANDREW SIR TOBY sleep SOLANIO speak stage swear sweet Taming tell theater thee There’s THESEUS thou art Thou shalt Titania TRANIO Twelfth Night unto Vincentio VIOLA What’s wife young апс1