Shakespeare's Minor PlaysGary Carey Cliffs Notes, 1991 - 403 pagini The term minor in no way diminishes the importance of works by so towering a literary figure as William Shakespeare. The 13 titles in this book carry the stamp of greatness no less than "Hamlet, King Lear" and "Romeo and Juliet." Each has its contribution to make to the Elizabethan dramatic canon. Includes "Henry VI, Parts 1,2,3, Titus Andronicus, King John, The Merry Wives of Windsor, All's Well That Ends Well, Troilus and Cressida, Timon of Athens, Coriolanus, Pericles, Cymbeline, " and "Henry VIII." |
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... Alcibiades cannot justify heinous crimes by making " gross sins look clear . " Alcibiades then asks permission to speak like a soldier . If the greatest honor and wisdom lie in suffering , he asks , why do men engage in battle rather ...
... Alcibiades cannot justify heinous crimes by making " gross sins look clear . " Alcibiades then asks permission to speak like a soldier . If the greatest honor and wisdom lie in suffering , he asks , why do men engage in battle rather ...
Pagina 289
... Alcibiades and two prostitutes - Phrynia and Timandra - enter . Alci- biades sees Timon and asks him to identify himself . Timon declares he is a " beast , " similar to Alcibiades , and he hopes that Alcibiades will become afflicted ...
... Alcibiades and two prostitutes - Phrynia and Timandra - enter . Alci- biades sees Timon and asks him to identify himself . Timon declares he is a " beast , " similar to Alcibiades , and he hopes that Alcibiades will become afflicted ...
Pagina 297
... Alcibiades . Scene 4 begins as a trumpet heralds the approach of Alcibiades and his army before the walls of Athens . Alcibiades orders the trumpeter to announce their arrival " to this coward and lascivious town . " Some sena- tors ...
... Alcibiades . Scene 4 begins as a trumpet heralds the approach of Alcibiades and his army before the walls of Athens . Alcibiades orders the trumpeter to announce their arrival " to this coward and lascivious town . " Some sena- tors ...
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Aaron Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon Ajax Alcibiades anger Anne Apemantus army arrives Arthur asks Athens Aufidius Bassianus Bastard battle Belarius Bertram brother Buckingham Caius Calchas character citizens Cloten Cominius Commentary Coriolanus Cranmer Cressida Cymbeline Cymbeline's daughter death Diana Diomedes dramatic Duke Edward Eleanor England English enters Falstaff father fight Flavius France French friends Gloucester Greek Guiderius Hector Helena Henry VI Henry VIII Henry's honor Hubert Iachimo Imogen Katherine kill King John King Philip king's Lavinia leave lords Lucius Marcus Margaret Marina marry Menenius messenger mother murder noble Pandarus Pandulph Paris Parolles patrician Patroclus Pericles Pisanio Plantagenet play plebeians plot Posthumus prince queen refuses revenge Richard Richard Plantagenet Roman Rome Salisbury Saturninus says scene Senate servant Shakespeare Sicinius soldiers Somerset Suffolk Summary Talbot Tamora tells Thaisa Thersites throne Timon Titus Titus Andronicus tribunes Troilus Trojan Ulysses Virgilia Volscian Volumnia vows warrior Warwick wife Wolsey Wolsey's York young