Songs of Death: Performance, Interpretation, and the Text of Richard III |
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... Clarence's is thus as close to a deserving prayer as will be found in Richard III , until Richmond's prayer before he sleeps in act 5. Interestingly , Clarence's prayer is also the closest to being fulfilled until Richmond's . Richard ...
... Clarence's is thus as close to a deserving prayer as will be found in Richard III , until Richmond's prayer before he sleeps in act 5. Interestingly , Clarence's prayer is also the closest to being fulfilled until Richmond's . Richard ...
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... Clarence's " thou shalt " strongly echoes this rare moment when divine providence directly intervened in human affairs . The Quarto reads " wilt thou then " at the end of 1028 ( 1.4.197 ) , intensifying the theological overtones over ...
... Clarence's " thou shalt " strongly echoes this rare moment when divine providence directly intervened in human affairs . The Quarto reads " wilt thou then " at the end of 1028 ( 1.4.197 ) , intensifying the theological overtones over ...
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... Clarence holds a large crucifix before him through most of the debate with the Mur- derers . After Clarence is stabbed and drowned in the butt of wine , the first Murderer takes up the crucifix and places it tenderly on Clarence's ...
... Clarence holds a large crucifix before him through most of the debate with the Mur- derers . After Clarence is stabbed and drowned in the butt of wine , the first Murderer takes up the crucifix and places it tenderly on Clarence's ...
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Interpretation | 6 |
The wretched bloody and usurping Boare frontispiece | 8 |
Laurence Olivier with Claire Bloom as Lady Anne | 14 |
Copyright | |
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