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... plot is called for . The leading characters of the play are ( a ) Earl Osmond , the villain and usurper , ( b ) Earl Percy , the hero and lover of ( c ) Angela , the heroine and niece of Osmond , ( d ) Kenric , a steward of Osmond , ( e ) ...
... plot is called for . The leading characters of the play are ( a ) Earl Osmond , the villain and usurper , ( b ) Earl Percy , the hero and lover of ( c ) Angela , the heroine and niece of Osmond , ( d ) Kenric , a steward of Osmond , ( e ) ...
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... plots to destroy Alfonso by springing a mine under the Royal Tower . Caesario's plot , however , extends to more than mere revenge . He hopes to place himself on the throne with the help of the military , which he now virtually controls ...
... plots to destroy Alfonso by springing a mine under the Royal Tower . Caesario's plot , however , extends to more than mere revenge . He hopes to place himself on the throne with the help of the military , which he now virtually controls ...
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Stanley Kahan. The plot of A Tale of Mystery is rather simple . Some of the complications are familiar although it is not a romantic melodrama in the full sense of the word . The plot deals with the machinations of an unhappy member of a ...
Stanley Kahan. The plot of A Tale of Mystery is rather simple . Some of the complications are familiar although it is not a romantic melodrama in the full sense of the word . The plot deals with the machinations of an unhappy member of a ...
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