The Relation of Dramatic Structure to Comedy in the Plays of George Bernard ShawStanford University, 1953 - 518 pages |
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... clichés , and hence have a conventional , not a sincere ring to them . Similarly Octavius's speech on his own personality ( though not a cliché ) , gives us a hint as to his limitations . Well , Ann has a most exquisite nature ; but she ...
... clichés , and hence have a conventional , not a sincere ring to them . Similarly Octavius's speech on his own personality ( though not a cliché ) , gives us a hint as to his limitations . Well , Ann has a most exquisite nature ; but she ...
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... cliché even in his most terrified speech : There MORELL ( seizing him ) Out with the truth , man : my wife is my wife : I want no more of your poetic frip- peries . I know well that if I have lost her love and you have gained it , no ...
... cliché even in his most terrified speech : There MORELL ( seizing him ) Out with the truth , man : my wife is my wife : I want no more of your poetic frip- peries . I know well that if I have lost her love and you have gained it , no ...
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... cliché . Perfectly con- ventional characters are made ridiculous through their man- ner of expressing their beliefs ( Morell , Roebuck Ramsden ) . The use of the cliché is more fully exploited in those plays organized in terms of ...
... cliché . Perfectly con- ventional characters are made ridiculous through their man- ner of expressing their beliefs ( Morell , Roebuck Ramsden ) . The use of the cliché is more fully exploited in those plays organized in terms of ...
Contents
Chapter | 13 |
PLAYS ORGANIZED IN TERMS OF CHARACTER | 88 |
PLAYS ORGANIZED IN TERMS OF THOUGHT | 161 |
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