"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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| 520 | |a 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 through techniques of ekphrasis ('vivid description') and enargeia ('laying before the eyes'). The results valuably involve readers and spectators in imaginative debate. | ||
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