The History of English Soliloquy: Aeschylus to ShakespeareUniversity Press of America, 1985 - 139 Seiten Provides a thorough survey of the history of the soliloquy, from the earliest forms found on pre-Biblical Canaanite tablets through the heights of Shakespeare. Shows how Elizabethan soliloquy evolved out of its ancient forerunners, and that Shakespeare dominates soliloquy. Of particular interest to students and scholars of language, drama and Shakespeare. |
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... play by Plautus , a long one , is now to be enacted . 10 This latter play also features asides and additional soliloquies , as in the ending lines of Act I which heartily commend attention to the second act ( p . 207 ) and a four - line ...
... play by Plautus , a long one , is now to be enacted . 10 This latter play also features asides and additional soliloquies , as in the ending lines of Act I which heartily commend attention to the second act ( p . 207 ) and a four - line ...
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... play , has declared the great worthiness and puissance ( and , indirectly , the tyranny ) of his king . This herald , a non - Biblical character , has severely warned the audience about Herod , but , when the potentate arrives , fawns ...
... play , has declared the great worthiness and puissance ( and , indirectly , the tyranny ) of his king . This herald , a non - Biblical character , has severely warned the audience about Herod , but , when the potentate arrives , fawns ...
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... play gives lip service to the older Heaven and Hell warfare . The main purpose of the play is to advise the audience on the virtues which advance , or the vices which prevent , the gaining of riches . In fact , the hero's name changes ...
... play gives lip service to the older Heaven and Hell warfare . The main purpose of the play is to advise the audience on the virtues which advance , or the vices which prevent , the gaining of riches . In fact , the hero's name changes ...
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The Mysteries | 25 |
Morality Drama | 45 |
Shakespearean Structures and Language | 99 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Aaron action Aeschylus allegorical alliteration apostrophe audience Belial Caliban's century chapter character choragos chorus cited classical Clemen comedy comic conscience Counterfeit Countenance crown death declamation devils diction doth earlier early morality Elizabethan English soliloquy Envy Euripides evil example exemplifies fiend figurative Gobbo Grand Homily Greek Hamlet hath Heaven Henry Henry VI homiletic honor Iago iloquy imagery intermediate and late Jasper Heywood Juliet Juventus King lament language late moralities later Launcelot lines live London Lord Macbeth Magnificence medieval soliloquy metaphor Mini-homily monologue Morality Plays morality soliloquy mystery soliloquy opening personae Plautus plot exposition plot-action primitive prologue psychomachia rhetorical Richard Richard III role-action Roman Romeo Satan says scene Second Shepherds Seneca sermon Seven Against Thebes Shakespeare Shakespearean soliloquy sophistication Sophocles speaker speaks stage structural theatre thee Thespis thou Thyestes tion tone Tragedy types utterance vaunt Vice villain word-play words York yower