Shakespeare and English HistoryThe ten history plays of Shakespeare, when studied in historical sequence, cover a period of 320 years. In this unusual book, the action in each of the plays is synopsized, and characters and motivations are discussed in detail The author introduces each of the plays with a lengthy description of the actual history of the period in which the Shakespeare play takes place, so that students may readily grasp Shakespeare's art in constructing drama out of history. -- From publisher's description. |
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Page 52
... lady ? " Enough to make any lady mad . And he makes matters worse by telling her : This evening I must leave you , gentle Kate . I know you wise ; but yet no farther wise Than Harry Percy's wife . Constant you are , But yet a woman ...
... lady ? " Enough to make any lady mad . And he makes matters worse by telling her : This evening I must leave you , gentle Kate . I know you wise ; but yet no farther wise Than Harry Percy's wife . Constant you are , But yet a woman ...
Page 53
... lady sing , he replies , " I had rather hear Lady , my brach , howl in Irish . " But one of the really deft touches in the portrait of Hotspur occurs in the next play , when Kate is reproaching her father - in- law for his tardiness as ...
... lady sing , he replies , " I had rather hear Lady , my brach , howl in Irish . " But one of the really deft touches in the portrait of Hotspur occurs in the next play , when Kate is reproaching her father - in- law for his tardiness as ...
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... ladies present : Lady Percy , Lady Mortimer , and Lady Northumberland ; the only mention of the queen , the only suggestion that there was a queen , occurs in Act II , scene IV , lines 320-322 of the First Part , when the Prince , on ...
... ladies present : Lady Percy , Lady Mortimer , and Lady Northumberland ; the only mention of the queen , the only suggestion that there was a queen , occurs in Act II , scene IV , lines 320-322 of the First Part , when the Prince , on ...
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