The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamLexington Books, 2003 - 211 páginas The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" studies Shakespeare's portrayal of the founding of Athens through a close reading of one of the Bard's most memorable comedies. Coupling careful attention to detail with interpretive breadth, The Soul of Athens examines the nature of love, the natural doubleness of human thinking and the ambiguous relation of image and reality, as well as patriarchy and democracy, and heroic and moral virtue. |
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... begins with lovers either sundered or threatened with separation , it ends with the " couples ... eternally ... knit ” ( 4.1.180 ) . More particularly , doubles frequently take the form of imitation , both ex- plicitly and implicitly ...
... begins with lovers either sundered or threatened with separation , it ends with the " couples ... eternally ... knit ” ( 4.1.180 ) . More particularly , doubles frequently take the form of imitation , both ex- plicitly and implicitly ...
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... begins and ends the play expressing his im- patient desire . Whether four days or three hours , waiting for his desire's satisfaction is " the anguish of a torturing hour " ( 1.1.1-6 ; 5.1.32-37 ) . That Theseus waits at all , however ...
... begins and ends the play expressing his im- patient desire . Whether four days or three hours , waiting for his desire's satisfaction is " the anguish of a torturing hour " ( 1.1.1-6 ; 5.1.32-37 ) . That Theseus waits at all , however ...
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... begins with a father invoking " the ancient privilege of Athens " ( 1.1.41 ) to marry his daughter to the man he wishes , it ends with the father absent from his daughter's wedding . Once Theseus " overbear [ s ] " ( 4.1.178 ) his will ...
... begins with a father invoking " the ancient privilege of Athens " ( 1.1.41 ) to marry his daughter to the man he wishes , it ends with the father absent from his daughter's wedding . Once Theseus " overbear [ s ] " ( 4.1.178 ) his will ...
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... begin- ning of Athens . If Theseus , Egeus , and Hippolyta represent Athens's begin- ning , Lysander and Demetrius represent its end . Shakespeare gives the two young lovers the names of two principal enemies of Athens , both of whom ...
... begin- ning of Athens . If Theseus , Egeus , and Hippolyta represent Athens's begin- ning , Lysander and Demetrius represent its end . Shakespeare gives the two young lovers the names of two principal enemies of Athens , both of whom ...
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