 A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the common events of human life : but since all reasonable beings naturally love justice, I cannot easily be persuaded, that the...  The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Seite 545von William Shakespeare - 1826Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Susan Bruce - 1998 - 196 Seiten
...[see Addison above]. ... A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the publick has decided. Cordelia, from the time of Tate, has always retired with victory and felicity.... | |
 | Jürgen Schlaeger - 1999 - 188 Seiten
...and about just endings: A play in which the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. Further, however, the death of Cordelia is also "contrary [...] to the hope of the reader," as that... | |
 | Susan Bruce - 1998 - 196 Seiten
...[see Addison above]. ... A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...if other excellencies are equal, the audience will noi always rise better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. In the present case the... | |
 | Lawrence Danson - 2000 - 172 Seiten
...the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry may doubtless be good, because it is a just [accurate] representation of the common events of human life;...better pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue.'5 It is all too easy for us today to laugh at Johnson's passionate commitment to an unconditional,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2002 - 228 Seiten
...faith of chronicles ... A play in which the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...present case the public has decided. Cordelia, from the time of Tate1, has always retired with victory and felicity. And, if my sensations could add anything... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 2002 - 276 Seiten
...the faith of chronicles A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...observation of justice makes a play worse ; or, that if the other excellencies are equal, the audience will not always rise better pleased from the final triumph... | |
 | Peter Holland - 2002 - 436 Seiten
...faith of the chronicles ... A play in which the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...reasonable beings naturally love justice, I cannot be easily persuaded that the observation of justice makes a play worse; or that, if other excellencies... | |
 | Jonathan Dollimore - 2004 - 420 Seiten
...and aesthetic pleasure: 'A play in which the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...that the observation of justice makes a play worse' (Selected Writings, pp. 294-5). Again, the crucial question poses itself: is this 'justice' - which,... | |
 | Lisa Hopkins - 2005 - 226 Seiten
...lost half its beauty ... A play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...pleased from the final triumph of persecuted virtue. There are several noteworthy assumptions here. Living as he did in a world which the scientific discoveries... | |
 | Emma Smith - 2007 - 6 Seiten
...for justice in tragedy: 'a play in which the wicked prosper, and the virtuous miscarry, may doubtless be good, because it is a just representation of the...that the observation of justice makes a play worse' (see my Blackwell Guides to Criticism: Shakespeare's Tragedies, Blackwell, 2004, for this and more... | |
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