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Page 285
... action even though he realizes that it will create an incestuous relationship . Father Philip gains access to Angela's room and tells her that he will come at one o'clock that night and free her . In the midst of the general excitement ...
... action even though he realizes that it will create an incestuous relationship . Father Philip gains access to Angela's room and tells her that he will come at one o'clock that night and free her . In the midst of the general excitement ...
Page 325
... action . Now here there is no action : there is neither cause nor effect . " ( 64 ) Coleridge's famous attack on Bertram deserves mention here . The criticism lacks the objectivity of Hazlitt and is generally scurillous in tone . In ...
... action . Now here there is no action : there is neither cause nor effect . " ( 64 ) Coleridge's famous attack on Bertram deserves mention here . The criticism lacks the objectivity of Hazlitt and is generally scurillous in tone . In ...
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... action is quite reminisicent of action taken by many melodramatic villains . Nor are the settings far removed from melodramatic plays of the period . There are magnificent halls in the palace , thunderstorms , the ramparts of a castle ...
... action is quite reminisicent of action taken by many melodramatic villains . Nor are the settings far removed from melodramatic plays of the period . There are magnificent halls in the palace , thunderstorms , the ramparts of a castle ...
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