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Page 27
... contrast . Most of the scenes are battles between men and women , and in those where the women are alone their sexual solidarity is destroyed by disagreements and misunderstandings between Maria and Livia . As usual all the contrasts ...
... contrast . Most of the scenes are battles between men and women , and in those where the women are alone their sexual solidarity is destroyed by disagreements and misunderstandings between Maria and Livia . As usual all the contrasts ...
Page 105
... contrasts between the characters , the sine qua non of the play , receive their ultimate form in this sort of verbal ... contrast , given in Isabella's speech . This is the ideal con- trast . Its presentation as epigram is the final step ...
... contrasts between the characters , the sine qua non of the play , receive their ultimate form in this sort of verbal ... contrast , given in Isabella's speech . This is the ideal con- trast . Its presentation as epigram is the final step ...
Page 125
... contrast is pointed up by the speeches of Septimius in the scene immedi- ately following the first appearance of Caesar . For Septimius gold is " the Lord I serve , the Power I worship , " which makes him honorable no matter what ...
... contrast is pointed up by the speeches of Septimius in the scene immedi- ately following the first appearance of Caesar . For Septimius gold is " the Lord I serve , the Power I worship , " which makes him honorable no matter what ...
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