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Whoever his master in the art of making plays, his plays unfold sequentially. “These strong Egyptian fetters I must break,” says Antony, “or lose myself in dotage” (1.2). not breaking his fetters, he dies. our sense that it might have ...
Whoever his master in the art of making plays, his plays unfold sequentially. “These strong Egyptian fetters I must break,” says Antony, “or lose myself in dotage” (1.2). not breaking his fetters, he dies. our sense that it might have ...
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Shakespeare's villains and naive heroes have their different point of view, saying how "at some time" men are masters of their fate. Splendid locusts on the land, they rose to power by plundering the monks.
Shakespeare's villains and naive heroes have their different point of view, saying how "at some time" men are masters of their fate. Splendid locusts on the land, they rose to power by plundering the monks.
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They were like fern seed, so small you couldn't see it. Finding this seed on St. John's Day made you invisible, Shakespeare's characters thought. Petty villains, they reflect on this in Henry IV, Part One. Their masters, playing the ...
They were like fern seed, so small you couldn't see it. Finding this seed on St. John's Day made you invisible, Shakespeare's characters thought. Petty villains, they reflect on this in Henry IV, Part One. Their masters, playing the ...
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A seventeenth-century annalist has him saying that he wanted to be known as "Shakespeare's and Ben Jonson's master." His tomb bears the legend: Servant To QUEEN ELIZABETH COUNCILLOR TO KING JAMES AND FRIEND TO SIR Philip Sidney.
A seventeenth-century annalist has him saying that he wanted to be known as "Shakespeare's and Ben Jonson's master." His tomb bears the legend: Servant To QUEEN ELIZABETH COUNCILLOR TO KING JAMES AND FRIEND TO SIR Philip Sidney.
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A woodcut in Foxe's book shows the burning of Master Laurence Saunders at Coventry, 8 February 1555. Lashed to a stake with the faggots piled around him, Saunders is saying: "Welcome life." Queen Elizabeth, coming to Charlecote in ...
A woodcut in Foxe's book shows the burning of Master Laurence Saunders at Coventry, 8 February 1555. Lashed to a stake with the faggots piled around him, Saunders is saying: "Welcome life." Queen Elizabeth, coming to Charlecote in ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 25 | |
Shadows of Himself | 79 |
WildGoose Chase | 107 |
A Motley to the View | 136 |
For Ted and Lloyd St Antoine | 155 |
The Dyers Hand | 163 |
Index | 195 |
Sailing to Illyria 65 | 65 |
Fools of Nature 101 | 101 |
PR2894 F65 2007 | 106 |
Treason in the Blood 134 | 134 |
The Wine of Life 160 | 160 |
Bravest at the Last 188 | 188 |
Unpathed Waters Undreamed Shores | 217 |
Journeys End | 247 |
Includes bibliographical references and index | 1 |
The Revolution of the Times 34 | 34 |
Index | 281 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare |
| Author | Russell A. Fraser |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412834031, 9781412834032 |
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