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Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind, but in one composition. Almost all his plays are divided between serious and ludicrous characters and I the successive evolutions of the design, sometimes produce seriousness and sorrow, and sometimes levity and laughter.
This book introduces a trajectory of Shakespeare’s finest plays of huge laughter with critical analysis, the way they are represented and tasted by ...
In this book it is proposed to consider the four principal tragedies of Shakespeare from a single point of view. Nothing will be said of Shakespeares place in the history either of English literature or of the drama in general. No attempt will be made to compare him with other writers. I shall leave untouched or merely glanced at questions regarding his life and character the development of his genius and art the genuineness sources texts inter relations of his ...
This book is designed to help students in researching and writing a paper that requires sources of literary criticism. Certainly if a critic has added to your appreciation of la literary work, then that person has been useful. But as you read a variety of criticism on a given author, you will discover that some criticism more useful than others, and you may find some completely useless, particularly if it only summarizes the plot, focuses on an issue you are not ...