The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamLexington Books, 2003 - 211 páginas The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" studies Shakespeare's portrayal of the founding of Athens through a close reading of one of the Bard's most memorable comedies. Coupling careful attention to detail with interpretive breadth, The Soul of Athens examines the nature of love, the natural doubleness of human thinking and the ambiguous relation of image and reality, as well as patriarchy and democracy, and heroic and moral virtue. |
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... Puck regard as a play ( " Shall we their fond pageant see ? " [ 3.2.114 ; also 3.2.118-19 , 353 ] ) . There are also artisans who , though literal- minded and unerotic themselves , prepare and perform a play about love ( 1.2.11-91 ; 3.1 ...
... Puck regard as a play ( " Shall we their fond pageant see ? " [ 3.2.114 ; also 3.2.118-19 , 353 ] ) . There are also artisans who , though literal- minded and unerotic themselves , prepare and perform a play about love ( 1.2.11-91 ; 3.1 ...
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... Puck mistakes the one for the other , turning a true love false rather than a false love true ( 3.2.88-91 ) . The fairies and the actors are " shadows " ( 3.2.347 ; 5.1.208 , 409 ) . The artisans , who in addition to doubling or ...
... Puck mistakes the one for the other , turning a true love false rather than a false love true ( 3.2.88-91 ) . The fairies and the actors are " shadows " ( 3.2.347 ; 5.1.208 , 409 ) . The artisans , who in addition to doubling or ...
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... Puck , who mimics the shape and sound of any- thing ( e.g. , 2.1.44-57 ; 3.1.101-6 ) , regards the lovers ' imbroglio as a play , in which he is playwright and stage manager as well as actor and audience . And , while Puck is both " an ...
... Puck , who mimics the shape and sound of any- thing ( e.g. , 2.1.44-57 ; 3.1.101-6 ) , regards the lovers ' imbroglio as a play , in which he is playwright and stage manager as well as actor and audience . And , while Puck is both " an ...
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... Puck interrupt it after just ten lines ( 3.1.73ff . ) : " [ I ] n all the play , / There is not one word apt , one player fitted " ; " For Pyramus therein doth kill himself , / Which when I saw rehearsed " ; " It is not for you ; I have ...
... Puck interrupt it after just ten lines ( 3.1.73ff . ) : " [ I ] n all the play , / There is not one word apt , one player fitted " ; " For Pyramus therein doth kill himself , / Which when I saw rehearsed " ; " It is not for you ; I have ...
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... say , are the fairies and the artisans . While Puck is " a well - known figure in [ British ] folk - lore , " " Shakespeare makes no attempt to portray [ the artisans ] as Athe- nians . " On the contrary , " the '. 12 Introduction.
... say , are the fairies and the artisans . While Puck is " a well - known figure in [ British ] folk - lore , " " Shakespeare makes no attempt to portray [ the artisans ] as Athe- nians . " On the contrary , " the '. 12 Introduction.
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