The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamThe Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" studies Shakespeare's portrayal of the founding of Athens through a close reading of one of the Bard's most memorable comedies. Coupling careful attention to detail with interpretive breadth, The Soul of Athens examines the nature of love, the natural doubleness of human thinking and the ambiguous relation of image and reality, as well as patriarchy and democracy, and heroic and moral virtue. |
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... audience . And , while Puck is both " an auditor " and " [ a ] n actor too " in the artisans ' rehearsal ( 3.1.75-76 ) , he is also both character and actor in the epilogue ( 5.1.409-24 ) and the onstage narrator of events which we have ...
... audience . And , while Puck is both " an auditor " and " [ a ] n actor too " in the artisans ' rehearsal ( 3.1.75-76 ) , he is also both character and actor in the epilogue ( 5.1.409-24 ) and the onstage narrator of events which we have ...
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... audience he cannot have been far removed from a nobleman - perhaps a duke - of their own times . " Hippolyta may be called a warrior queen and have hunted with Hercules and Cadmus in Crete , yet she lacks " many of the characteristics ...
... audience he cannot have been far removed from a nobleman - perhaps a duke - of their own times . " Hippolyta may be called a warrior queen and have hunted with Hercules and Cadmus in Crete , yet she lacks " many of the characteristics ...
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