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Page 416
... Célimène l'amuse . For Alceste's struggle is no laughing matter , and the gravity of Célimène's Il est vrai , votre ardeur est pour moi sans seconde shows that she is impressed in spite of herself , is faced with something which is ...
... Célimène l'amuse . For Alceste's struggle is no laughing matter , and the gravity of Célimène's Il est vrai , votre ardeur est pour moi sans seconde shows that she is impressed in spite of herself , is faced with something which is ...
Page 419
... Célimène as a relief to her bitterness . The image of the “ veil ” is caught up and developed in the encounter between Célimène and Arsinoć which follows . Célimène is pretending to quote some unfavour- able comments on Arsinoé's ...
... Célimène as a relief to her bitterness . The image of the “ veil ” is caught up and developed in the encounter between Célimène and Arsinoć which follows . Célimène is pretending to quote some unfavour- able comments on Arsinoé's ...
Page 421
... Célimène's letter in the last Act ; but as with Arsinoć they only do it as a distraction , as a means of " veiling " their own interior emptiness from themselves . Now the game is of the utmost seriousness when played by Alceste and ...
... Célimène's letter in the last Act ; but as with Arsinoć they only do it as a distraction , as a means of " veiling " their own interior emptiness from themselves . Now the game is of the utmost seriousness when played by Alceste and ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
Sophocles | 78 |
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