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... instance , not a scene , not a character in the dramatis personæ occurs , which does not tend , with undeviating current , to carry us on towards the catastrophe , and magnify its qualities ; while the inferior agents are individualised ...
... instance , not a scene , not a character in the dramatis personæ occurs , which does not tend , with undeviating current , to carry us on towards the catastrophe , and magnify its qualities ; while the inferior agents are individualised ...
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... instance of Macbeth's proneness to throw himself upon others for encouragement in his ambitious struggles , and of his want of complete self - reliance , may be noted his resorting to the witches in the 4th Act ; seeking from their ...
... instance of Macbeth's proneness to throw himself upon others for encouragement in his ambitious struggles , and of his want of complete self - reliance , may be noted his resorting to the witches in the 4th Act ; seeking from their ...
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... instance , the pro- phecy of the witches having been verified in the point of Macbeth's being created " Thane of Cawdor , " the recollection that " the greatest was yet behind , " and to be fulfilled , acted like a spark upon the ...
... instance , the pro- phecy of the witches having been verified in the point of Macbeth's being created " Thane of Cawdor , " the recollection that " the greatest was yet behind , " and to be fulfilled , acted like a spark upon the ...
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... instance ; true gentleness of heart is rarely unaccompanied by an appre- ciation of the beauties of nature , animate and inanimate . To Banquo , therefore , with delicate taste and propriety , is given that lovely reflection upon the ...
... instance ; true gentleness of heart is rarely unaccompanied by an appre- ciation of the beauties of nature , animate and inanimate . To Banquo , therefore , with delicate taste and propriety , is given that lovely reflection upon the ...
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... instance , where she says , ( speak- ing of the old king , Duncan , ) " Had he not so much resembled my father , as he slept , I had done it ! " And , like all violent natures , she is the first to give way ; the mental energy has worn ...
... instance , where she says , ( speak- ing of the old king , Duncan , ) " Had he not so much resembled my father , as he slept , I had done it ! " And , like all violent natures , she is the first to give way ; the mental energy has worn ...
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2d Act 3d Serv action affection ambition answer Antony Banquo bear Beatrice beauty Benedick brother Cæsar Caliban Cassio Celia character Clown conduct contrivance Coriolanus cousin coward death Desdemona doth drama Duke Enobarbus eyes faith Falconbridge Falstaff fancy father feeling fellow fool gentle give Hamlet happy hath hear heart Heaven honour Hotspur human humour husband Iago instinct Julius Cæsar king Lady Lear Leonato look lord Macbeth Malvolio master Master Doctor merry mind mistress moral murder nature never night noble Othello passion Percy perfect person philosophy play plot poet poet's Polonius Pompey poor prince Prince Harry qualities queen replies Richard Richard III Rosalind says scene sense Shakespeare Shylock soldier soul speak speech spirit sweet thee thing Thomas Carlyle thou art thought tion true turn Twelfth Night utter virtue whole wife Winter's Tale woman womanly women words worthy young