"A lean and hungry look": sight; ekphrasis; irony; in Julius Caesar and Henry V
Shakespeare's version of the description of Cassius's 'look' in North's Plutarch exploits classical and Early Modern uncertainty concerning the physiology of sight. In both Julius Caesar and Henry V, Shakespeare creates ambiguity and irony through his uses of North, and thro...
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