Shakespeare for the wiser sort: Solving Shakespeare's riddles in The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, King John, 1-2 Henry IV, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Othello, Macbeth, and CymbelineManchester University Press, 30 de jul. de 2018 - 208 páginas William Shakespeare’s plays are riddled with passages, scenes and sudden plot twists which baffle and confound the most devoted playgoer and the most attentive commentator. Why, for example, didn’t Hamlet succeed to the throne of Denmark at the instant of his father’s death? (It’s not because the Danish throne was elective.) Why does Chorus in Romeo and Juliet promise his audience ‘two houres trafficke of our stage’ when the play obviously runs almost three hours? How is it that Old Hamlet sent his son to school in (Protestant) Wittenberg but his Ghost was sent to (Catholic) Purgatory? and is there cause-and-effect here? How can Lancelot Gobbo be correct (and he is) when he claims Black Monday (the day after Easter) and Ash Wednesday (the 41st day before Easter) once fell on the same day? And what is a ‘dram of eale’? This engaging and lucid book solves these tantalizing riddles and many others. |
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... James Gournie? Why is the half-dead Michael Cassio suddenly appointed governor of Cyprus? How is it that Old Hamlet sent his son to school in (Protestant) Wittenberg but his Ghost was sent to (Catholic) Purgatory? and is there cause-and ...
... James Gournie? Why is the half-dead Michael Cassio suddenly appointed governor of Cyprus? How is it that Old Hamlet sent his son to school in (Protestant) Wittenberg but his Ghost was sent to (Catholic) Purgatory? and is there cause-and ...
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... James I – it was treason to do so – but probably including the king himself, who was profoundly superstitious and took a keen interest in the calendar. Scene 2.1 opens with a stage direction: 'Enter Banquo, and Fleance, with a Torch ...
... James I – it was treason to do so – but probably including the king himself, who was profoundly superstitious and took a keen interest in the calendar. Scene 2.1 opens with a stage direction: 'Enter Banquo, and Fleance, with a Torch ...
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... James the Greater (Romeo and Juliet), others obscure as the Feast of Saint Leonardus (Twelfth Night).16 Shakespeare regularly alludes to rituals of the old Church – baptism in Comedy of Errors, shriving and confession in Hamlet, 'Doubt ...
... James the Greater (Romeo and Juliet), others obscure as the Feast of Saint Leonardus (Twelfth Night).16 Shakespeare regularly alludes to rituals of the old Church – baptism in Comedy of Errors, shriving and confession in Hamlet, 'Doubt ...
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... James Brodrick, Galileo and the Roman Inquisition (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1963). 8 Luther's supposed and often-misquoted remark about Copernicus was made four years before the publication of De Revolutionibus. 9 Victor E ...
... James Brodrick, Galileo and the Roman Inquisition (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1963). 8 Luther's supposed and often-misquoted remark about Copernicus was made four years before the publication of De Revolutionibus. 9 Victor E ...
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... James C. Bryant, Tudor Drama and Religious Controversy (Macon: Mercer, 1984). 16 S. Sohmer, Shakespeare's Mystery Play and the Opening of the Globe 1599 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1999), p. 210. 17 But see Jonathan ...
... James C. Bryant, Tudor Drama and Religious Controversy (Macon: Mercer, 1984). 16 S. Sohmer, Shakespeare's Mystery Play and the Opening of the Globe 1599 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1999), p. 210. 17 But see Jonathan ...
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Shakespeares timeriddles in Romeo and Juliet solved | 36 |
Did Shakespeare know Bandello? | 55 |
Shakespeare rewrites the Holy Ghost | 77 |
The double time crux in Othello solved | 106 |
The men behind the masks of Falstaff Faulconbridge Lamord and Hamlet | 127 |
Appendix | 166 |
Bibliography | 174 |
Index | 187 |
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