This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... mother , to please whom he had first been ambitious of military glory . What a bitter comment on the barren nature , the suicidal nature , when driven to an extreme of self - seeking honour , of those military ideals which to - day work ...
... mother , to please whom he had first been ambitious of military glory . What a bitter comment on the barren nature , the suicidal nature , when driven to an extreme of self - seeking honour , of those military ideals which to - day work ...
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... mother dearly . MENENIUS : So did he me ; and he no more remembers his mother now than an eight - year - old horse . The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes : when he walks , he moves like an engine , and the ground shrinks before ...
... mother dearly . MENENIUS : So did he me ; and he no more remembers his mother now than an eight - year - old horse . The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes : when he walks , he moves like an engine , and the ground shrinks before ...
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... mother's scorn , as she calls him a traitor to his own land and family , beats down his pride . He holds her hand in silence ' and speaks : O , mother , mother ! What have you done ? Behold , the heavens do ope , The gods look down ...
... mother's scorn , as she calls him a traitor to his own land and family , beats down his pride . He holds her hand in silence ' and speaks : O , mother , mother ! What have you done ? Behold , the heavens do ope , The gods look down ...
Common terms and phrases
Agincourt Armada army awake Banquo BASIL BLACKWELL bless blesséd blood Bolingbroke Britain call'd Cheltenham condemnation Coriolanus crack of doom CRANMER Cranmer's prophecy Crispian Cromwell crown dear deeply destiny doth enemies England must oppose England should act England's royalty English king ERITAS MICHIGAN eyes Falstaff Farewell fear fear'd feeling fight Fortinbras France gentle glory God's HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII holy honour ISLE SHAKESPEARE'S MESSAGE John of Gaunt's last play Macbeth MENENIUS mercy MESSAGE FOR ENGLAND mock mother murders nobility peace perilous narrow ocean Perjury pity pride princes prophetic realms under James religious Richard II rouse royal SCEPTRED ISLE SHAKESPEARE'S Scotland Shake Shakespeare knows SHAKESPEARIAN SICINIUS sleep soul Spanish Armada speaks speare's last speech stand sword thee thine throne Timon to-day truth tyrant union of realms victory voice of England whilst WILSON KNIGHT wins Wolsey words