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Page 54
... Certainly Hamlet is expecting too much of chance for us to consider his explanation reasonable . The explanation is illogical in another sense , too . The Ghost has demanded of Hamlet only that he kill Claudius , not that he decide on ...
... Certainly Hamlet is expecting too much of chance for us to consider his explanation reasonable . The explanation is illogical in another sense , too . The Ghost has demanded of Hamlet only that he kill Claudius , not that he decide on ...
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... certainly not a tragedy . Molina had invented not only a new theatri- cal type in the figure of Don Juan , but also a new kind of event which certainly does not convince us by its plausi- bility . The event in fact is utterly ...
... certainly not a tragedy . Molina had invented not only a new theatri- cal type in the figure of Don Juan , but also a new kind of event which certainly does not convince us by its plausi- bility . The event in fact is utterly ...
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... certainly beyond any sense of things that one might feel when stimu- lated to exercise one's " critical " powers . Certainly Brecht's idea of recalling the spectator back from involvement would be a contradictory one had Brecht been ...
... certainly beyond any sense of things that one might feel when stimu- lated to exercise one's " critical " powers . Certainly Brecht's idea of recalling the spectator back from involvement would be a contradictory one had Brecht been ...
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Daemons True and False | 2 |
The Fate of Athaliahand Racine | 11 |
Hamlet Q E D | 41 |
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