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... Menelaus has been lost at sea , and his refusal to believe that the real Helen stands before him foreshadows that of Menelaus later on . Naturally she makes no effort to convince him , since his first impulse had been to shoot her , but ...
... Menelaus has been lost at sea , and his refusal to believe that the real Helen stands before him foreshadows that of Menelaus later on . Naturally she makes no effort to convince him , since his first impulse had been to shoot her , but ...
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... Menelaus a combination of the valorous and the ludi- crous does not in itself save the scene from being , per- haps , inappropriately comic ; at most it reduces the surprise by linking such a portrait to tradition . Menelaus was always ...
... Menelaus a combination of the valorous and the ludi- crous does not in itself save the scene from being , per- haps , inappropriately comic ; at most it reduces the surprise by linking such a portrait to tradition . Menelaus was always ...
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... Menelaus ' taking the real Helen for a phantom , and not a friendly one at that ( 569 ) , leads to a fuguelike ... Menelaus to be confused by it . Actually , part of the effect of the scene on the reader , whether in- tended or not by ...
... Menelaus ' taking the real Helen for a phantom , and not a friendly one at that ( 569 ) , leads to a fuguelike ... Menelaus to be confused by it . Actually , part of the effect of the scene on the reader , whether in- tended or not by ...
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