Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twel fth NightRandom House Publishing Group, 2009 M08 26 - 736 páginas The Taming of the Shrew Robust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee. A Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood turn the mismatched rivalries of four young lovers into a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, all touched by Shakespeare’s inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between dreams and the waking world. The Merchant of Venice This dark comedy of love and money contains one of the truly mythic figures in literature–Shylock, the Jewish moneylender. The “pound of flesh” he demands as payment of Antonio’s debt has become a universal metaphor for vengeance. Here, pathos and farce combine with moral complexity and romantic entanglements, to display the extraordinary power and range of Shakespeare at his best. Twelfth Night Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel, this comedy juxtaposes a romantic plot involving separated twins and mistaken identity with a more satiric one about the humiliation of a pompous killjoy. The hilarity is touched with melancholy, and the play ends, not with laughter, but with a clown’s plaintive song. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... tell the difference, are we to understand that social distinctions are mere arbitrary constructions? If Sly can become a lord by wearing the right clothes and speaking blank verse (as in the Induction, 2.68 and following), might ...
... tell the difference, are we to understand that social distinctions are mere arbitrary constructions? If Sly can become a lord by wearing the right clothes and speaking blank verse (as in the Induction, 2.68 and following), might ...
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... ; Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper56, And say, “Will 't please Your Lordship cool your handS?” Someone be ready with a costly suit, And ask him what apparel he will wear; Another tell him of his hounds and horseöo, And that.
... ; Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper56, And say, “Will 't please Your Lordship cool your handS?” Someone be ready with a costly suit, And ask him what apparel he will wear; Another tell him of his hounds and horseöo, And that.
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... Tell him from me, as he willl08 win my love, He bear himself with honorable action Such as he hath observed in noble ladies Unto their lords by them accomplishèdlïl. Such duty to the drunkard let him do With soft low tongue and lowly ...
... Tell him from me, as he willl08 win my love, He bear himself with honorable action Such as he hath observed in noble ladies Unto their lords by them accomplishèdlïl. Such duty to the drunkard let him do With soft low tongue and lowly ...
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... tell me, i5 it possible That love should of a sudden take such hold? LUCENTIO Oh, Tranio, till I found it to be true, I never thought it possible or likely. But see, while idly I stood looking on, I found the effect of love in ...
... tell me, i5 it possible That love should of a sudden take such hold? LUCENTIO Oh, Tranio, till I found it to be true, I never thought it possible or likely. But see, while idly I stood looking on, I found the effect of love in ...
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... jump191 in one. LUCENTIO Tell me thine first. TRANIO You will be schoolmaster And undertake the teaching of the maid: That's your device. LUCENTIO It is. May it be done? TRANIO Not possible; for who shall bear your part And.
... jump191 in one. LUCENTIO Tell me thine first. TRANIO You will be schoolmaster And undertake the teaching of the maid: That's your device. LUCENTIO It is. May it be done? TRANIO Not possible; for who shall bear your part And.
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Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew/a Midsummer Night's Dream/the ... William Shakespeare Sin vista previa disponible - 1988 |
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actors Antonio Athens audience BAPTISTA Bassanio Bianca BIONDELLO BOTTOM Christian comedy daughter Demetrius director doctor of laws doth Duke Egeus Enter Exeunt Exit eyes FABIAN fair fairies father FESTE film fool friends gentleman give GOBBO GRATIANO GREMIO hast hath hear heart Helena Hermia Hippolyta HORTENSIO husband Jessica Julina Kate KATHARINA lady Lancelot lion look lord LORENZO lovers Lucentio Lysander madam MALVOLIO MARIA marriage marry master Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night’s Dream mistress moon Nerissa never o’er Oberon OLIVIA ORSINO PETRUCHIO play’s PORTIA pray production Puck Pyramus and Thisbe Queen QUINCE SALERIO Sebastian servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s play Shrew Shylock Signor Ansaldo Signor Giannetto Silla Silvio SIR ANDREW SIR TOBY sleep SOLANIO speak stage swear sweet Taming tell theater thee There’s THESEUS thou art Thou shalt Titania TRANIO Twelfth Night unto Vincentio VIOLA What’s wife young апс1