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...language which is essential to the thorough comprehension of an author and especially a poet. Both Tieck and Schlegal have mined very deep in the genius of Shakespeare, of his power and art they were among the first to form an adequate conception, and yet in their translation, where Macbeth says: "Here on this bank and shoal of Time," they give us instead: "Here on this bench and school of Time," and defend it as a better reading in a note. Another German critic of great pretensions, pronounces "the Life and Death of Thomas Lord Cromwell," and "The Yorkshire Tragedy...
...Copeland will speak this evening on Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster, Ford, and other Elizabethan dramatists. The lecture-which will be an attempt to compare Shakespeare with lesser Elizabethans-will include comment on performances, an anecdote or two of well-known players, and reading from "Macbeth," "The Duchess of Malfi," and a "Woman Killed with Kindness...
Lecture. Shakespeare briefly compared with other Elizabethan Dramatists. Readings from "Macbeth," "The Duchess of Malfi," and "A Woman Killed with Kindness." Mr. Copeland. Sever...
...marking the Jacques-Hamlet mood. The melancholy Jacques is a preparation for Hamlet. During this period, most of the sonnets were composed. Dur-the years 1603-1609, Shakespeare has returned to Stratford. This is his tragic period, and is distinguished by the composition of Julius Caesar, Measure For Measure, Macbeth, Othello, Troilus and Cressida and Anthony and Cleopatra. The fourth period is the Coriolanus-Timon of Athens mood, and the tendency is aristocratic and misanthropic. The last period is that of the Cymbeline-Tempest-Winter's Tale mood. It is a quieter, calmer period, and the spirit is contemplative...
...generally conceded that of all torments remorse is the worst. Lady Macbeth in vain tried to wash from her hands the blood stains, and Bill Sykes could not escape the eyes of Nancy. They gazed up in to his from the clear waters, they looked down from the blue sky, and as he threw himself in a frenzy on the ground and buried his face in his hands, they peered out of the depths of the earth. But the Christian need not fear remorse; his thoughts are not for the past but for the future. He knows that his sins...