The Shakespeare Book
279 soldiers tries to persuade his master to murder his guests. Pompey ignores this advice, and spends the evening drinking with ...
280 A ntony and Cleopatra are not young “star-crossed lovers” like Romeo and Juliet. These are mature adults, both past their “s ...
281 these characters, individually and as a pair, in a rich and memorable manner—audiences are shown the good, the bad, and the ...
282 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA North’s 1579 translation of Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Thomas North describes a ...
THE KING’S MAN 283 antithesis in his depiction of Octavius Caesar, and life in Rome. In so doing, Shakespeare structured his pla ...
284 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Burden of duty Like King Lear, Antony wishes to be free of his duties, but still desires to hold on to ...
THE KING’S MAN 285 crowns and crownets. Realms and islands were / As plates dropped from his pocket” (5.2.81–91). The wonder of ...
THE WEB OF OUR LIFE IS OF A MINGLED YARN GOOD AND ILL TOGETHER ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (1606 –1607) ...
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288 F ollowing the death of his father, Bertram must leave for the court. The Countess and Lafeu discuss the King’s illness, and ...
289 acknowledge Helen when she has a ring he never removes, and when she has conceived their child. Helen travels to Florence, w ...
290 T he title of Shakespeare’s comedy All’s Well That Ends Well could arguably end with a question mark. As American author Joh ...
291 characters, the struggle to resolve an ethical dilemma, and the experience of emotional suffering including grief. All’s Wel ...
292 ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Helen registers what an impossible situation she is in when she has to choose Bertram: “I dare not ...
THE KING’S MAN 293 Problematic reconciliation? The final reconciliation scene can be read and performed in a number of different ...
THIS WORLD TO ME IS BUT A CEASELESS STORM WHIRRING ME FROM MY FRIENDS PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE (1607) ...
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296 T he medieval poet Gower acts as the narrator relating the story of Pericles, Prince of Tyre. His story begins with King Ant ...
297 Meanwhile, King Antiochus has died so Pericles is safe to reveal his identity as Prince of Tyre and return home with his now ...
298 S hakespeare shaped his plays to satisfy his audience’s expectations. People attending a tragedy would expect to see a table ...
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