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... play of imagination , the isolated caprice of an excited brain , but a transcript of contemporary manners , a ... play as a matter of course . In reading , say , Molière's Misanthrope , he will be divided between a feeling of familiarity ...
... play of imagination , the isolated caprice of an excited brain , but a transcript of contemporary manners , a ... play as a matter of course . In reading , say , Molière's Misanthrope , he will be divided between a feeling of familiarity ...
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... play . One can , to be sure , treat Antony and Cleo- patra sociologically , psychologically , historically , morally , etc. , but the play is , after all , a work of art , and if we consider it to be a work of art we shall find ...
... play . One can , to be sure , treat Antony and Cleo- patra sociologically , psychologically , historically , morally , etc. , but the play is , after all , a work of art , and if we consider it to be a work of art we shall find ...
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... play is understood in its totality , these faults automatically vanish . For instance , Hamlet's slowness to avenge his father , the forgiveness of Angelo , Macbeth's vagueness of motive , Timon's universal hate - all these , which have ...
... play is understood in its totality , these faults automatically vanish . For instance , Hamlet's slowness to avenge his father , the forgiveness of Angelo , Macbeth's vagueness of motive , Timon's universal hate - all these , which have ...
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