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" gainst my fury Do I take part : the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance : they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. "
Life. New facts regarding the life of Shakespeare [by P. J. Collier ... - Page 67
by William Shakespeare - 1848
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Shakespeare's Soliloquies

Wolfgang Clemen - English drama - 1987 - 232 pages
...the soliloquy, and is therefore cited in full: Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th'quick Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do I take...senses I'll restore, And they shall be themselves. (Vi 25-32) The change in mind and spirit that might otherwise have found expression in the soliloquy...
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Shakespeare and the Triple Play: From Study to Stage to Classroom

Sidney Homan - Drama - 1988 - 248 pages
...regenerate his former enemies; thus, he declares, Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick, Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. (5.1.25-30) The storm is not only a means of bringing those who wronged Prospero to the island, but...
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Things Supernatural and Causeless: Shakespearean Romance

Marco Mincoff - Drama - 1992 - 148 pages
...Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am strook to th' quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. (5.1.21-30) It is an unusually rational sort of motivation for Shakespeare—from the head and not...
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A Theory of Republican Character and Related Essays

Wendell John Coats - Political Science - 1994 - 180 pages
...unusual justice meted out in the drama. Prospero. Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick, Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do...senses I'll restore, And they shall be themselves. 50 Moreover, Prospero is placed in the initial situation of having his dukedom stolen (we learn), precisely...
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New Theatre Quarterly 40: Volume 10, Part 4

Clive Barker, Simon Trussler - Drama - 1994 - 108 pages
...Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick, Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do...extend Not a frown further. Go, release them, Ariel. This is certainly a speech of self-examination. The interpretive question is whether it also represents...
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Repentance: A Comparative Perspective

Amitai Etzioni, David Carney - Religion - 1997 - 208 pages
...relish all as sharply Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet with my nobler reason,...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. These brief passages from the closing of Shakespeare's The Tempest contain many profound but controversial...
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Character, Liberty and Law: Kantian Essays in Theory and Practice

J.G. Murphy - Law - 1998 - 260 pages
...relish all as sharply Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet with my nobler reason,...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. 1. INTRODUCTION These brief passages from the closing of Shakespeare's The Tempest contain many profound...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare

Laurie Rozakis - Fiction - 1999 - 406 pages
...champions "virtue" over "vengeance" and abjures his magic. Though with their high wrongs I am strook to th' quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. The play concludes when Prospero steps out of character to deliver an epilogue asking the audience...
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Shakespeare's Reading

Robert S. Miola - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 206 pages
...Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick, Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fury Do...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. (5. i. 21-30) Pitying the suffering of his prisoners, recognizing their common humanity, Prospero puts...
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The Tempest

Jennifer Mulherin, Abigail Frost - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 38 pages
...other spirits are to the audience. She Prospero's nobility Vet with my nobler reason 'gainst my fwy Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than...drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further. Act v Sc i Ferdinand Miranda IM / • . \ H I 7 Ferdinand on Prospero O! she is ten times more gentle...
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