 | Philip Edwards - 1979 - 288 Seiten
...Richard II, it is only by being deprived of kingship that Edward learns what being a king means. But what are kings when regiment is gone But perfect shadows in a sunshine day? (V. i.26-7) This takes in the idea which is in Tamburlaine that kingship is defined by activity, the... | |
 | Eugene M. Waith - 1988 - 324 Seiten
...words is a poor substitute. The king who can only rage and tear the name of his enemy is nothing: But what are kings when regiment is gone. But perfect shadows in a sunshine day? (11. 26-27) For Marlowe, one might answer, such a king may be a potent asset if the shadow of political... | |
 | Mark Turner - 1994 - 316 Seiten
...walking hospitals." "Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody." "And what are kings when regiment is gone / But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?" "I am a parcel of vain strivings tied by a chance bond together." "The best mirror is an old friend."... | |
 | Marie-Claire Rouyer - 1996 - 344 Seiten
...societies and institutions. For Jarman, kings are no better and no worse than ordinary commoners: "But what are Kings when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?" (E 2 sequence 82, E II V, i, 26-7) Derek Jarman died a fortnight before this paper was presented. Moya... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...Egyptian king. Quoted in Life (New York, April 10, 1950). Remark to the agriculturalist Lord Boyd-Orr. 13 What are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day? CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, (1564-1593) British dramatist, poet. Edward, in Edward II, act5, sc. 1, 1.26-7(1593).... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1998 - 550 Seiten
...I am a king, Methinks I should revenge me of the wrongs That Mortimer and Isabel have done. 25 But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?0 My nobles rule, I bear the name of king; I wear the crown but am controlled by them, By Mortimer... | |
 | Brian B. Ritchie - 1999 - 362 Seiten
...the deceptiveness and powerlessness of the King's most important adjuncts, his name and crown: But what are kings when regiment is gone But perfect shadows...I bear the name of king; I wear the crown, but am controlled by them ... (5.1. 126) This sense of powerlessness is illustrative of what Michael Hattaway... | |
 | Brian B. Ritchie - 1999 - 362 Seiten
...the deceptiveness and powerlessness of the King's most important adjuncts, his name and crown: But what are kings when regiment is gone But perfect shadows...I bear the name of king; I wear the crown, but am controlled by them ... (5.1. 126) This sense of powerlessness is illustrative of what Michael Hattaway... | |
 | Ian McAdam - 1999 - 300 Seiten
...that his role as king required real responsible action, and was not only a spectacle of power: "But what are kings when regiment is gone / But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?" (26-27). Hypocritically, Edward accuses the woman he has rejected of staining his "nuptial bed with... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 2000 - 564 Seiten
...mind I am a king, Methinks I should revenge me of my wrongs, That Mortimer and Isabel have done. But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect...I bear the name of king; I wear the crown, but am controll'd by them, By Mortimer, and my unconstant queen, 30 Who spots my nuptial bed with infamy,... | |
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But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day? My nobles rule, I bear the name of king; I wear the crown, but am... 
