The History of English Soliloquy: Aeschylus to ShakespeareUniversity Press of America, 1985 - 139 páginas Provides a thorough survey of the history of the soliloquy, from the earliest forms found on pre-Biblical Canaanite tablets through the heights of Shakespeare. Shows how Elizabethan soliloquy evolved out of its ancient forerunners, and that Shakespeare dominates soliloquy. Of particular interest to students and scholars of language, drama and Shakespeare. |
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... audience , as were its classical equivalents . This information is of two basic sorts , expos- ition of plot , and ... audience - informing services . Such speeches insist with great seriousness that the audience note the persons of the ...
... audience , as were its classical equivalents . This information is of two basic sorts , expos- ition of plot , and ... audience - informing services . Such speeches insist with great seriousness that the audience note the persons of the ...
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... audience to become worthy of that sacrifice ( “ . . . he oweth to be / magnyfyede ” ) . Lines 17-24 combine homily and role - action speech : Mercy gives the audience his name , and informs them that he is the means of their restoration ...
... audience to become worthy of that sacrifice ( “ . . . he oweth to be / magnyfyede ” ) . Lines 17-24 combine homily and role - action speech : Mercy gives the audience his name , and informs them that he is the means of their restoration ...
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... audience from mistaking the main purpose of the speech as any- thing but lament . ( There are seven " O's . " ) A word as to relative physical location of speaker and audience is per- tinent here . Moralities were usually performed in ...
... audience from mistaking the main purpose of the speech as any- thing but lament . ( There are seven " O's . " ) A word as to relative physical location of speaker and audience is per- tinent here . Moralities were usually performed in ...
Índice
The Mysteries | 25 |
Morality Drama | 45 |
Shakespearean Structures and Language | 51 |
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The History of English Soliloquy: Aeschylus to Shakespeare Lloyd A. Skiffington Visualização de excertos - 1985 |
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Aaron action Aeschylus allegorical alliteration apostrophe audience Belial Caliban's Castle of Perseverance century chapter character choragos chorus cited classical Clemen comedy comic conscience Counterfeit Countenance crown death declamation devils diction doth earlier early morality Elizabethan English soliloquy Envy Euripides evil example exemplifies fiend figurative Gobbo Grand Homily Greek Hamlet hath Heaven Henry Henry VI homiletic honor Iago iloquy imagery intermediate and late Jasper Heywood Juliet Juventus King lament language late moralities later Launcelot lines live Lord Macbeth Magnificence medieval soliloquy metaphor Mini-homily Morality Plays morality soliloquy mystery soliloquy opening personae Plautus plot exposition plot-action primitive prologue psychomachia rhetorical Richard Richard III role-action Roman Romeo Satan says scene Second Shepherds Seneca sermon Shakespeare Shakespearean soliloquy sophistication Sophocles speaker speaks stage structural theatre thee Thespis thou Thyestes tion tone Tragedy types utterance vaunt verse Vice villain word-play words York yower