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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... moon , whose own light is a reflection , is at once passionless and passion- ate , 13 new and full.14 And whereas the play begins with lovers either sundered or threatened with separation , it ends with the " couples ... eternally ...
... moon , whose own light is a reflection , is at once passionless and passion- ate , 13 new and full.14 And whereas the play begins with lovers either sundered or threatened with separation , it ends with the " couples ... eternally ...
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