The Shakespeare Book
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120 E ngland and France prepare for war. Robert Falconbridge quarrels with his brother, Philip. They both claim to be the heir t ...
121 prisoner by King John and placed in the custody of Hubert, who is ordered to murder him. The Cardinal is cheered by the fact ...
122 W hen King John asserts that there is “No certain life achieved by others’ death” (4.2.105), he alludes to his decision to k ...
123 consistent policy on anything, and, as a result, the play struggles to achieve any kind of tragic effect (it may be worth no ...
IF YOU PRICK US DO WE NOT BLEED? THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (1596) ...
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126 I n Venice, the merchant Antonio is sad, but agrees to help his friend Bassanio raise the money he needs to woo the beautifu ...
127 In Belmont, Portia asks Bassanio to delay choosing caskets to prolong their time together. But to his and Portia’s joy, he c ...
128 F ew of Shakespeare’s plays have caused quite as much disquiet as The Merchant of Ven ice. The story is a blend of two old f ...
129 stereotype of a Jewish character that was already well used by the time Shakespeare wrote his play around 1597. Indeed, Chri ...
130 Is this speech a plea for human rights or a justification for revenge— another stereotype of Jewish villainy? Either way, Sh ...
131 Lady-in- waiting and confidante Love each other Friends something which, to term in gross, / Is an unlessoned girl, unschool ...
HONOUR IS A MERE SCUTCHEON HENRY IV PART 1 (1596–1597) ...
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134 T he troubles that plague Henry IV’s reign begin with his overthrow and murder of Richard II in the earlier play of that nam ...
135 underworld of Eastcheap. There his surrogate father, Sir John Falstaff, holds sway over a tavern- court of drunkards, thieve ...
136 T here is little honor in the deposition of a king. The crown that Henry IV wears is one he took from the weak King Richard ...
137 and, doubting the king’s word, deny him the details of Henry’s terms for peace. In the end, though, it is Northumberland who ...
138 letting go. If Hotspur is true honor, then Falstaff, as his name suggests, is its opposite. He sees honor as an empty word, ...
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