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“Lie with her? Lie on her?”
Othello Act Four, Part One By Dennis Abrams ———————- Act Four: Iago continues to fuel Othello’s growing jealousy, to the point where he collapses in a fit. … more →
The Play's The Thing
"Lie with her? Lie on her?"
wrote 2 weeks ago: Othello Act Four, Part One By Dennis Abrams ———————- Act F … more →
Teaching Macbeth, Installment III: Criticism
wrote 1 month ago: Kenneth Muir (1907-1996) A.C. Bradley is no stranger to these pages (one wonders what he would make … more →
"Iago, forever beyond Othello’s understanding, is not beyond ours, because we are more like Iago than we resemble Othello..."
wrote 1 month ago: Introduction to Othello Part Two By Dennis Abrams ——————— … more →
"Of all Shakespeare's tragedies...not even excepting King Lear, Othello is the most painfully exciting and the most terrible."
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wrote 1 month ago: Introduction to Othello By Dennis Abrams While it might not have the cosmic or philosophical heft an … more →
Teaching Macbeth, Installment II: Criticism
wrote 1 month ago: As I’m sure we all know, the Norton Critical Editions are an AP English Lit teacher’s be … more →
"Your worm is your only emperor for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots."
wrote 3 months ago: Hamlet Act Four, Part One By Dennis Abrams ———————— … more →
"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below,/Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
wrote 3 months ago: Hamlet Act Three, Part Six By Dennis Abrams ———————— … more →
"Get thee to a nunnery. Why, wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?"
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wrote 4 months ago: Hamlet Act Three, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ———————— … more →
"To be, or not to be; that is the question..."
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wrote 4 months ago: Hamlet Act Three, Part One By Dennis Abrams ———————— … more →
"I do not understand this; and Shakspeare seems to have intended the meaning not to be more than snatched at : 'By my fay, I cannot reason!'"
wrote 4 months ago: Hamlet Act Two, Part Six By Dennis Abrams For your reading enjoyment this weekend (along with Act Th … more →
"To kill old Hamlet in the garden, with poison in the ears."
wrote 4 months ago: Hamlet Act One, Part Four By Dennis Abrams ———————— … more →
A.C. Bradley and His Introduction to "Hamlet"
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wrote 4 months ago: by Dennis Abrams As those of you who have been following this blog know, I’m a great admirer of the … more →
"No one in the play understands Falstaff fully, any more than Hamlet was understood by the persons around him. They are both men of genius."
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wrote 8 months ago: Henry IV Part Two Act Five, Part Three By Dennis Abrams —————— … more →
Bradley Chats About Iago, Pt. 2 of 2
wrote 11 months ago: If we ask ourselves how much of what Iago says is true, however, taking into consideration all avail … more →
Bradley Chats About Iago, Pt. 1 of 2
wrote 12 months ago: A few posts ago, I made mention of critic A.C. Bradley and his style of promoting a ‘psycholog … more →
A.C. Bradley and "Dramatic Appreciation"
wrote 1 year ago: A.C. Bradley (1851-1935) A work indispensable to the AP English Literature & Composition classro … more →
71) Country matters
wrote 1 year ago: So today has been yet another trip to sydney, though this had the unfortunate twist of taking Countr … more →
Is "King Lear" undramatic?
wrote 2 years ago: I was flipping through A.C. Bradley’s Shakespearean Tragedy recently, and came across somethin … more →
The Book of Bombast and Bardolatry
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wrote 3 years ago: Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (Bloom, Harold) “Literary criticism,” says Harol … more →
