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... told him would be natural , but in drama tire- somely repetitive . So instead he reads a letter . We need not ask , as the commentators do , when Hamlet could have written this letter or Ophelia received it . What matters is its ...
... told him would be natural , but in drama tire- somely repetitive . So instead he reads a letter . We need not ask , as the commentators do , when Hamlet could have written this letter or Ophelia received it . What matters is its ...
Page 140
... told her at the beginning to esteem Hamlet's love like a ' violet ' , with a ' perfume ' ' sweet not lasting ' . The ironic echo is poignant ; and there will shortly be another . Her father warned her at the • What Happens in Hamlet , p ...
... told her at the beginning to esteem Hamlet's love like a ' violet ' , with a ' perfume ' ' sweet not lasting ' . The ironic echo is poignant ; and there will shortly be another . Her father warned her at the • What Happens in Hamlet , p ...
Page 141
... told her father to keep her from the sun ; he tells her to ' admit no discourse ' to her beauty . I take this to be less an accusation than a warning . But Ophelia has no fears of herself . She appears to believe that a woman's love may ...
... told her father to keep her from the sun ; he tells her to ' admit no discourse ' to her beauty . I take this to be less an accusation than a warning . But Ophelia has no fears of herself . She appears to believe that a woman's love may ...
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ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE LECTURE arras avenge becomes a brothel beginning betray breeder of sinners BRITISH ACADEMY 1963 brother Claudius connected with Ophelia dead dog dialogue dramatic convention dramatist ELIZABETHAN Falstaff Fishmongers forsaken love gave you aught Hamlet and Ophelia Hamlet says Hamlet's love Hamlet's mind Hamlet's mistress Hamlet's relations Hamlet's revenge Hamlet's strange HAROLD JENKINS ANNUAL Helen Gardner holy vows honest hoped that Ophelia's JENKINS ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE Jephthah's daughter kill the King Kirschbaum kissing carrion Knowing that Polonius Laertes lover madness maintained that beautiful marry MEASURE FOR MEASURE mother mother's marriage nature noble nunnery scene OPHELIA BY HAROLD Ophelia's repelling Ophelia's story Ophelia's virtues play will show Polonius ascribes Polonius's daughter Prince Professor Dover Wilson quarto Queen relations with Ophelia Saxo and Belleforest scene between Hamlet Shakespearian sins speak tells of Hamlet's temptress tion TRAGEDY U.C.D. LIBRARY virginity vows of heaven warning woman women wouldst thou