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Page 104
... character , then an actor is chosen because he has the traits the author has indicated ; but the addition of his idiosyncrasies to those the author has already given his character results in an absurd exaggeration : the person of the ...
... character , then an actor is chosen because he has the traits the author has indicated ; but the addition of his idiosyncrasies to those the author has already given his character results in an absurd exaggeration : the person of the ...
Page 111
... character that the dramatist can deal with , for he can only show this by speech , and it is impossible to portray ... characters persons who talk naturally in the way his audience have come to think natural and these inevitably are very ...
... character that the dramatist can deal with , for he can only show this by speech , and it is impossible to portray ... characters persons who talk naturally in the way his audience have come to think natural and these inevitably are very ...
Page 151
... character is drawn from them they are bitterly affronted if it is drawn with any imperfections . Though they will ... character in order in some small circle to give themselves a petty notoriety . Sometimes the author takes a very ...
... character is drawn from them they are bitterly affronted if it is drawn with any imperfections . Though they will ... character in order in some small circle to give themselves a petty notoriety . Sometimes the author takes a very ...
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