Shakespeare's Practical Jokes: An Introduction to the Comic in His WorkBucknell University Press, 2007 - 236 pàgines There is a mountain of work on Shakespeare's comedies but very little on what, in all the plays, can be described as comic. This title approaches this topic via a number of practical joke episodes, some of them well known - the deceptions Hal and Poins practice on Falstaff, the tricking of Malvolio or Parolles. |
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Pàgina 122
... clown , to win back her favor . Yet when Olivia turns to Malvolio for confirmation that forgive- ness and tolerance are in order- " What think you of this fool , Malvo- lio , doth he not mend ? " ( 70-71 ) -the response is reprovingly ...
... clown , to win back her favor . Yet when Olivia turns to Malvolio for confirmation that forgive- ness and tolerance are in order- " What think you of this fool , Malvo- lio , doth he not mend ? " ( 70-71 ) -the response is reprovingly ...
Pàgina 144
... clown so that he can impersonate " Sir Topas the curate . " After he has ques- tioned the supposedly possessed Malvolio in that capacity , the clown comes back to Maria , who tells him , “ [ T ] hou might'st have done this without thy ...
... clown so that he can impersonate " Sir Topas the curate . " After he has ques- tioned the supposedly possessed Malvolio in that capacity , the clown comes back to Maria , who tells him , “ [ T ] hou might'st have done this without thy ...
Pàgina 145
... clown . The lines Feste has represent an obvious invitation for a general dis- play of professional skill as he imitates the curate , speaks to Malvolio in his own voice , improvises a dialogue between himself and “ Sir Topas , " and ...
... clown . The lines Feste has represent an obvious invitation for a general dis- play of professional skill as he imitates the curate , speaks to Malvolio in his own voice , improvises a dialogue between himself and “ Sir Topas , " and ...
Continguts
Acknowledgments | 11 |
Female Victims and Female Jokers | 32 |
The Privileges of Rank | 58 |
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