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Page 132
... appearance . Ibsen's advent coincided with the movement for the liberation of women from the inferior position in which they had so long stood ; Shaw's with the revolt of youth from the conventionality of the Victorian epoch and the ...
... appearance . Ibsen's advent coincided with the movement for the liberation of women from the inferior position in which they had so long stood ; Shaw's with the revolt of youth from the conventionality of the Victorian epoch and the ...
Page 144
... appearance , not the reality , of naturalism is in place . The laugh must be sought for its own sake . The playwright's aim is not now to represent life as it is ( a tragic business ) but to comment on it satirically and amusingly . The ...
... appearance , not the reality , of naturalism is in place . The laugh must be sought for its own sake . The playwright's aim is not now to represent life as it is ( a tragic business ) but to comment on it satirically and amusingly . The ...
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... appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his appearance . You cannot make a tall man short and otherwise keep him the same . A man's ...
... appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his appearance . You cannot make a tall man short and otherwise keep him the same . A man's ...
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