The Shakespeare Book
159 has accepted Don Pedro. The report is quickly revealed as false and laughingly dismissed by the Prince and Leonato. But Don ...
160 Conrad Follower of Borachio Serving under Serving under Loves Claudio Serving under Uncle to Beatrice MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING ...
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MAN 161 condenses many of the play’s concerns about class and gender conflict, reveals her desire to move ...
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH DEAR FRIENDS ONCE MORE HENRY V (1599) ...
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164 T he Chorus pleads with the audience to overlook the theater’s limitations and to picture the epic events to come. King Henr ...
165 In France, Henry launches an attack on Harfleur and threatens dire repercussions if the townspeople do not yield. Meanwhile, ...
166 H enry V is often described as Shakespeare’s war play. Unlike most of his plays, there is no unfolding of complex personal j ...
167 in historical England, for instance, but in charged contemporary situations, such as the war in Iraq. Or they look to focus ...
168 HENRY V Beyond the banner What follows the Chorus’s prologue is not scenes of heroism but a shady debate between England’s t ...
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MAN 169 prequel, Henry IV, these were entertaining characters, a comic counterpoint to the main action le ...
THERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN WHICH TAKEN AT THE FLOOD LEADS ON TO FORTUNE JULIUS CAESAR (1599) ...
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172 I n Rome, the people celebrate a holiday, the Lupercal, and also rejoice in the triumph of Julius Caesar over the former lea ...
173 murder Caesar in order to liberate the country from his dictatorship. Brutus has reservations, but he agrees that it must be ...
174 T he first of Shakespeare’s Roman plays, Julius Caesar is a tale of ambition, political manipulation, and duty. The true tra ...
175 to inspire suspicion of Brutus and respect for the late Caesar. Antony accuses the public who so recently celebrated Caesar’ ...
176 JULIUS CAESAR Brutus’s wife Portia and Caesar’s wife Calpurnia exist to temper the passions, albeit unsuccessfully, of their ...
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MAN 177 there is an overwhelming sense of destiny throughout the play, specifically with the many omens t ...
ALL THE WORLD S A STAGE AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS AS YOU LIKE IT (1599–1600) ...
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