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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... follow a god ( " [ W ] e fairies , that do run / By the triple Hecate's team " [ 5.1.369-70 ] ) . Shakespeare's depiction of Athens is also equivocal . The Athens we see in the play , although ostensibly Athens at its foundation ...
... follow a god ( " [ W ] e fairies , that do run / By the triple Hecate's team " [ 5.1.369-70 ] ) . Shakespeare's depiction of Athens is also equivocal . The Athens we see in the play , although ostensibly Athens at its foundation ...
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... follow- ing the young lovers ' night in the woods . Beginning with Theseus's ap- pearance with his hunting party in the morning ( 4.1.102ff . ) , he compresses developments into a few key steps . First , Hippolyta , recounting the time ...
... follow- ing the young lovers ' night in the woods . Beginning with Theseus's ap- pearance with his hunting party in the morning ( 4.1.102ff . ) , he compresses developments into a few key steps . First , Hippolyta , recounting the time ...
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