Troilus and Cressida, with line numbers Troilus and Cressida, with line numbers

Troilus and Cressida, with line numbers

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Classic Shakespearean drama. According to Wikipedia: "Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602. The play (also described as one of Shakespeare's problem plays) is not a conventional tragedy, since its protagonist (Troilus) does not die. The play ends instead on a very bleak note with the death of the noble Trojan Hector and destruction of the love between Troilus and Cressida. Throughout the play, the tone lurches wildly between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom, and readers and theatre-goers have frequently found it difficult to understand how one is meant to respond to the characters. However, several characteristic elements of the play (the most notable being its constant questioning of intrinsic values such as hierarchy, honor and love) have often been viewed as distinctly "modern"..."

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2017
31 March
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
242
Pages
PUBLISHER
Samizdat Express
SIZE
769.3
KB

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