Melville and the Comic SpiritUsing elements of traditional Celtic lore, relates how Kate helps her stepsister Meghan to break the spell that has given her the head of a sheep. |
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... scenes that owe their humor to such antiph- onal dialogue : the meeting of Shylock and Tubal in Act III , the by - play of Shylock and Gratiano in the court scene in Act IV , and the whimsical romancing of Lorenzo and Jessica ( “ In ...
... scenes that owe their humor to such antiph- onal dialogue : the meeting of Shylock and Tubal in Act III , the by - play of Shylock and Gratiano in the court scene in Act IV , and the whimsical romancing of Lorenzo and Jessica ( “ In ...
Page 129
... scene in Hamlet and the porter scene in Macbeth , where a bloodcurdling irony is achieved through characters in ignorance of the tragic issue of the business they are being droll about . What the comedy appears to do in such scenes is ...
... scene in Hamlet and the porter scene in Macbeth , where a bloodcurdling irony is achieved through characters in ignorance of the tragic issue of the business they are being droll about . What the comedy appears to do in such scenes is ...
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... scene in Macbeth . In a sense , Stubb's whole performance in this chapter recalls the drunken whimsy of the porter in that play , who also entertained himself with a series of character studies in a fixed situation until the game palled ...
... scene in Macbeth . In a sense , Stubb's whole performance in this chapter recalls the drunken whimsy of the porter in that play , who also entertained himself with a series of character studies in a fixed situation until the game palled ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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