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... never more utterly tragicomic than he is with the Boyg , and the whole problem of selfhood is never more dramatically evoked . If the troll and Boyg scenes offer no clear spiritual direction , the final scene of Act II is no certain ...
... never more utterly tragicomic than he is with the Boyg , and the whole problem of selfhood is never more dramatically evoked . If the troll and Boyg scenes offer no clear spiritual direction , the final scene of Act II is no certain ...
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... Never , never ! " We never know whether he is right to conclude that , in the biological sense , he has no child . But we do see the horror of his cruel rejection of Hedvig and of his ignoring of Gina's impassioned plea , “ Look at the ...
... Never , never ! " We never know whether he is right to conclude that , in the biological sense , he has no child . But we do see the horror of his cruel rejection of Hedvig and of his ignoring of Gina's impassioned plea , “ Look at the ...
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... never heals . . . never ! Oh , if only you knew how it sometimes burns and throbs . " 26 The image recalls Prometheus , of course , in terms which can scarcely be missed . Orley Holtan sees one of Solness's mythic aspects as that of “ a ...
... never heals . . . never ! Oh , if only you knew how it sometimes burns and throbs . " 26 The image recalls Prometheus , of course , in terms which can scarcely be missed . Orley Holtan sees one of Solness's mythic aspects as that of “ a ...
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