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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... Despite the risks , this book , like my previous books on Macbeth and Ham- let , proceeds scene - by - scene , line - by - line , through A Midsummer Night's Dream , reaching its conclusions by closely examining Shakespeare's text- his ...
... Despite the risks , this book , like my previous books on Macbeth and Ham- let , proceeds scene - by - scene , line - by - line , through A Midsummer Night's Dream , reaching its conclusions by closely examining Shakespeare's text- his ...
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... despite the city's imperial greatness and glory , politics is not the highest , let alone the only , human activity . The Athenians are lovers of beauty and of the mind . Athena is the goddess of wisdom as well as of war . The highest ...
... despite the city's imperial greatness and glory , politics is not the highest , let alone the only , human activity . The Athenians are lovers of beauty and of the mind . Athena is the goddess of wisdom as well as of war . The highest ...
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... Despite what we have seen , the episode may have been as purely imaginary as Oberon courting Phillida in the guise of Corin , Titania's narrative of the upheaval in nature , and many other episodes and narratives involving the fairies ...
... Despite what we have seen , the episode may have been as purely imaginary as Oberon courting Phillida in the guise of Corin , Titania's narrative of the upheaval in nature , and many other episodes and narratives involving the fairies ...
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... despite his torturing desire and having won his bride through conquest , awaits his 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 ...
... despite his torturing desire and having won his bride through conquest , awaits his 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 ...
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... Despite all this , commentators often doubt that A Midsummer Night's Dream is really about Athens at all.34 The characters , they say , have mixed origins or attributes . Theseus may have a classical hero's name ; may refer to his ...
... Despite all this , commentators often doubt that A Midsummer Night's Dream is really about Athens at all.34 The characters , they say , have mixed origins or attributes . Theseus may have a classical hero's name ; may refer to his ...
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