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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... wedding day . The play ends with the lawful fulfillment of his desire as well as that of the young lovers . Shake- speare's portrayal shows a change in Theseus from heroic virtue to moral virtue , from heroic immoderation to civic ...
... wedding day . The play ends with the lawful fulfillment of his desire as well as that of the young lovers . Shake- speare's portrayal shows a change in Theseus from heroic virtue to moral virtue , from heroic immoderation to civic ...
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... wedding . Once Theseus " overbear [ s ] " ( 4.1.178 ) his will , Egeus - the only father in A Midsummer Night's Dream1 - says not another word and disappears from the play with hardly a trace . And just as no father is present during ...
... wedding . Once Theseus " overbear [ s ] " ( 4.1.178 ) his will , Egeus - the only father in A Midsummer Night's Dream1 - says not another word and disappears from the play with hardly a trace . And just as no father is present during ...
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... wedding cele- bration that takes the form of a dramatic presentation . Act 4 , scene 1- Theseus's central scene - links the ferocity of ancient heroism on the one end and the civility of Athenian intellectual and democratic life on the ...
... wedding cele- bration that takes the form of a dramatic presentation . Act 4 , scene 1- Theseus's central scene - links the ferocity of ancient heroism on the one end and the civility of Athenian intellectual and democratic life on the ...
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