The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamLexington Books, 2003 - 211 pagina's The Soul of Athens: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" studies Shakespeare's portrayal of the founding of Athens through a close reading of one of the Bard's most memorable comedies. Coupling careful attention to detail with interpretive breadth, The Soul of Athens examines the nature of love, the natural doubleness of human thinking and the ambiguous relation of image and reality, as well as patriarchy and democracy, and heroic and moral virtue. |
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Pagina 5
... Oberon and Titania quarrel over a " changeling " boy ( 2.1.120 ) . Oberon's love juice duplicates Cupid's fiery arrow ( 2.1.155–72 ) . Lysander and Demetrius are " two ... rival enemies " ( 4.1.141 ) . Puck mistakes the one for the ...
... Oberon and Titania quarrel over a " changeling " boy ( 2.1.120 ) . Oberon's love juice duplicates Cupid's fiery arrow ( 2.1.155–72 ) . Lysander and Demetrius are " two ... rival enemies " ( 4.1.141 ) . Puck mistakes the one for the ...
Pagina 6
... Oberon imitating an imitation of an imitative lover , pursuing an imitation of a beloved ( 2.1.65-68 ) , an Indian woman " imitate [ s ] " ships imitating her ( 2.1.128-34 ) ; Helena , reversing the myth , imitates Daphne chasing Apollo ...
... Oberon imitating an imitation of an imitative lover , pursuing an imitation of a beloved ( 2.1.65-68 ) , an Indian woman " imitate [ s ] " ships imitating her ( 2.1.128-34 ) ; Helena , reversing the myth , imitates Daphne chasing Apollo ...
Pagina 7
... Oberon courting Phillida in the guise of Corin , Titania's narrative of the upheaval in nature , and many other episodes and narratives involving the fairies . Now , because love is closely joined to the imagination , for the young ...
... Oberon courting Phillida in the guise of Corin , Titania's narrative of the upheaval in nature , and many other episodes and narratives involving the fairies . Now , because love is closely joined to the imagination , for the young ...
Pagina 8
... Oberon , echoing Plutarch , 15 recounts : Didst not thou [ Titania ] lead him through the glimmering night , From Perigouna , whom he ravished ; And make him with fair Aegles break his faith , With Ariadne and Antiopa ? ( 2.1.77-80 ) ...
... Oberon , echoing Plutarch , 15 recounts : Didst not thou [ Titania ] lead him through the glimmering night , From Perigouna , whom he ravished ; And make him with fair Aegles break his faith , With Ariadne and Antiopa ? ( 2.1.77-80 ) ...
Pagina 12
... Oberon and Titania may be " strongly reminiscent of classical deities , " yet Oberon " smacks of medieval romance , " and he and Titania are " more than once associated with India . " Even less Athenian , commentators say , are the ...
... Oberon and Titania may be " strongly reminiscent of classical deities , " yet Oberon " smacks of medieval romance , " and he and Titania are " more than once associated with India . " Even less Athenian , commentators say , are the ...
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