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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... claim that the Athenians regard the man who takes no part in public affairs , not as one who meddles in nothing , but as one who is good for nothing , no one in A Midsummer Night's Dream seems to show the slightest interest in public ...
... claim that the Athenians regard the man who takes no part in public affairs , not as one who meddles in nothing , but as one who is good for nothing , no one in A Midsummer Night's Dream seems to show the slightest interest in public ...
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... claims that it does not adorn or transform but simply sees : So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape ; And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me On the first view to say , to swear , I love thee . ( 3.1.134-36 ) A combination of ...
... claims that it does not adorn or transform but simply sees : So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape ; And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me On the first view to say , to swear , I love thee . ( 3.1.134-36 ) A combination of ...
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... claim , which seems wholly unnecessary to the plot in any ordinary sense , implicitly denies that the episode between Bottom and Titania ever ac- tually took place . Despite what we have seen , the episode may have been as purely ...
... claim , which seems wholly unnecessary to the plot in any ordinary sense , implicitly denies that the episode between Bottom and Titania ever ac- tually took place . Despite what we have seen , the episode may have been as purely ...
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... claims of erotic love defeat those of generation ; the love of the beauti- ful replaces the love of one's own ( " [ W ] hat is mine my love shall render him ; / And she is mine " [ 1.1.96-97 ] ) . It surely is no accident that ...
... claims of erotic love defeat those of generation ; the love of the beauti- ful replaces the love of one's own ( " [ W ] hat is mine my love shall render him ; / And she is mine " [ 1.1.96-97 ] ) . It surely is no accident that ...
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