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“O you heavenly charmers,/What things you make of us! For what we lack/We laugh, for what we have we are sorry; still/Are children in some kind.”
The Two Noble Kinsmen Act Five By Dennis Abrams —————— Act Five: Palamon and Arcite, each accompanied by three knights, separately pray for success, while Emilia prays that whoever loves her best will emerge victorious. Back at the jail, the … Continue reading
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“Agamemnon is a fool to offer to command Achilles; Achilles is a fool to be commanded of Agamemnon; Thersites is a fool to serve such a fool; And Patroclus is a fool positive.”
Troilus and Cressida Act Five By Dennis Abrams ——————————- Act Five: During the feasting on the eve of battle, Ulysses takes Troilus to Calchas’ tent to find Cressida. As they approach, they spy on Cressida as she flirts with Diomedes … Continue reading
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“Time hath, my lord,/A wallet at his back, wherein he puts/Alms for oblivion, a great-sized monster/Of ingratitudes.”
Troilus and Cressida Act Three, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ————————————— From Marjorie Garber: “Another of Ulysses’ remarkable and resonant speeches, echoing down the ages, will demonstrate a similar point. [MY NOTE: She’s referring to Thersites’ parody of his ‘degree’ … Continue reading
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“This is the monstruosity in love, lady: that the will is infinite, and the execution confined: that the desire is boundless, and the act a slave to limit.”
Troilus and Cressida Act Three, Part One By Dennis Abrams ————————- Act Three: Pandarus has finally arranged a meeting between Troilus and Cressida, but doesn’t exactly leave them alone. Initially nervous, the couple make a vow of mutual constancy before … Continue reading
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“Take but degree away, untune that string,/And, hark, what discord follows!”
Troilus and Cressida Act One, Part Two By Dennis Abrams ————————————– I’d like to continue our examination of Act One with this, from Harold Bloom: “Some critics have traced the origins of Troilus and Cressida to the Poet’s War fought … Continue reading
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“Like or find fault; do as your pleasures are;/Now good or bad, ‘tis but the chance of war.”
Troilus and Cressida Act One, Part One By Dennis Abrams ———————— MAJOR CHARACTERS THE TROJANS PRIAM, King of Troy Priam’s sons: Hector, Deiphobus, Helenus (a priest), Paris, Troilus and Margareton (a bastard) Cassandra, Priam’s daughter, a prophetess Andromache, Hector’s wife … Continue reading
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“The work of a man whose soul is poisoned with filth.”
Troilus and Cressida An Introduction By Dennis Abrams ———————- It was once memorably described as “the work of a man whose soul is poisoned with filth.” That work, Troilus and Cressida, has consistently scandalized critics over the four centuries since … Continue reading
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The Play's The Thing 