 | Kristin Linklater - 1992 - 236 pagini
...the action." Indeed the stage directions in Richard's text are also clear character indications. — of comfort no man speak. Let's talk of graves, of...rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of Kings. A little later... | |
 | Thomas B. Jabine, Richard Pierre Claude - 1992 - 488 pagini
...In the Province of Buenos Aires from 1 970 to 1984 Clyde Collins Snow and Maria Julia Bihurriet — of comfort, no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of...rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. Shakespeare, King Richard II This report helps fulfill an elementary step in any homicide investigation:... | |
 | Wolfgang Iser - 1993 - 254 pagini
...asks: "Where is the Duke my father with his power?" (Ill, 2, 143), he answers: No matter where—of comfort no man speak. Let's talk of graves, of worms,...rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. (IIl, 2, 144-47) Such utterances show that the king and the person are no longer identical, for the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1994 - 884 pagini
...lost their heads. AUMERLE Where is the Duke, my father, with his power? KING RICHARD No matter where. Of comfort no man speak. Let's talk of graves, of...of wills And yet not so; for what can we bequeath 1 5o Save our deposed bodies to the ground? Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing... | |
 | Merrill D. Peterson - 1995 - 493 pagini
...familiarity with Shakespeare's historical tragedies. Well might he recite the lament of Richard II: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make...rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.45 In the case... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - 1995 - 544 pagini
...frightful steep, sit dallying with our doubts—then comes the end: Of comfort no man speak. We'll talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs, Make dust...rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. We'll choose executors and talk of wills. And yet, not so—for what can we bequeath, Save our deposed... | |
 | Naomi Conn Liebler - 1995 - 279 pagini
...Shakespeare creates enough sympathy for Richard at several points - most dramatically in the speech beginning "Of comfort no man speak! / Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs" (III. ii. 144-77) at the center of the play - to suggest more ambivalence than blame. In other plays,... | |
 | Lewis H. Lapham - 1995 - 390 pagini
...to stage photo opportunities and make handsome and well-engineered lies. March 1992 MELANCHOLY KINGS Of comfort no man speak! Let's talk of graves, of...earth. Let's choose executors, and talk of wills. For God s sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings! — RICHARD II... | |
 | Michael Morrison - 1996 - 138 pagini
...the Duke of York, and the army he is leading, but Richard interjects woefully, "No matter where — of comfort no man speak./ Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs/ ...Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's" (144-145; 151). Self-consciously anticipating his... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pagini
...British dramatist, poet. "My Own Epitaph" (1720). Words inscribed on Cay's monument in Westminster Abbey. Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow...the earth. Let's choose executors and talk of wills. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, (1564-1616) British dramatist, poet. Richard, in Richard II, act 3, sc. 2, 1.... | |
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No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth... 
