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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... hath proved to mortals a teacher in every art and a means to mighty ends . Such is the offence for which I pay the penalty , riveted in fetters beneath the open sky . Ha ! Hold ! What murmur , what scent wingeth to me , its source ...
... hath proved to mortals a teacher in every art and a means to mighty ends . Such is the offence for which I pay the penalty , riveted in fetters beneath the open sky . Ha ! Hold ! What murmur , what scent wingeth to me , its source ...
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... hath despised and forsaken me , And followeth every motion of his Sensuality . What availed at the beginning That Nature committed me to his service ? And charged me that , before all thing , Of all his guiding I should take th ...
... hath despised and forsaken me , And followeth every motion of his Sensuality . What availed at the beginning That Nature committed me to his service ? And charged me that , before all thing , Of all his guiding I should take th ...
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... hath no skill in surgery , then ? No. What is honor ? A word . What is in that word honor ? What is that honor ? Air . A trim reckoning ! Who hath it ? He that died o ' Wednesday . Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it ? No. ' Tis in ...
... hath no skill in surgery , then ? No. What is honor ? A word . What is in that word honor ? What is that honor ? Air . A trim reckoning ! Who hath it ? He that died o ' Wednesday . Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it ? No. ' Tis in ...
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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