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... Elizabethan tragic character comes as a result , not of fate , as in Greek tragedy , but of some flaw within his own character . Thus Macbeth comes to an evil end because of his unscrupulous ambition , Lear because of his foolish ...
... Elizabethan tragic character comes as a result , not of fate , as in Greek tragedy , but of some flaw within his own character . Thus Macbeth comes to an evil end because of his unscrupulous ambition , Lear because of his foolish ...
Page 169
... Elizabethan tragedy is only a part of the com- plete play . Far more important to the modern student is the ... Elizabethan tragedy comes from background . The Elizabethan stage worked for an illusion , whereas the Greek stage was conven ...
... Elizabethan tragedy is only a part of the com- plete play . Far more important to the modern student is the ... Elizabethan tragedy comes from background . The Elizabethan stage worked for an illusion , whereas the Greek stage was conven ...
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... Elizabethan tragedy is highly emotional , and the drama of emotion can most easily be revealed in passages of lyrical intensity . Many long speeches in Elizabethan tragedy are pri- marily decorative . Mercutio's " O , then , I see Queen ...
... Elizabethan tragedy is highly emotional , and the drama of emotion can most easily be revealed in passages of lyrical intensity . Many long speeches in Elizabethan tragedy are pri- marily decorative . Mercutio's " O , then , I see Queen ...
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References to this book
Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College Harvard University. Library. Lamont Library,Lamont Library No preview available - 1953 |