Characters Of Shakespeare's Plays (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781169299320)

""Characters of Shakespeare's Plays"" is a book written by William Hazlitt that delves into the various characters that appear in the plays of William Shakespeare. Hazlitt analyzes the personalities, motivations, and actions of the characters, providing insights into their significance and relevance to the overall themes of the plays. The book is divided into chapters, each one dedicated to a specific play, and includes detailed descriptions of the main characters, as well as some of the supporting characters. Hazlitt's writing is insightful and thought-provoking, providing readers with a deeper understanding of Shakespeare's plays and the complex characters that populate them. Overall, ""Characters of Shakespeare's Plays"" is an essential read for anyone interested in Shakespearean literature or character analysis.The secret of Falstaff's wit is for the most part a masterly presence of mind, an absolute self-possession, which nothing can disturb. His repartees are involuntary suggestions of his self-love; instinctive evasions of everything that threatens to interrupt the career of his triumphant jollity and self-complacency. His very size floats him out of all his difficulties in a sea of rich conceits; and he turns round on the pivot of his convenience, with every occasion and at a moment's warning. His natural repugnance to every unpleasant thought or circumstance of itself makes light of objections, and provokes the most extravagant and licentious answers in his own justification. His indifference to truth puts no check upon his invention, and the more improbable and unexpected his contrivances are, the more happily does he seem to be delivered of them, the anticipation of their effect acting as a stimulus to the gaiety of his fancy.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: William Hazlitt
ISBN-10: 1169299326
ISBN-13: 9781169299320
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.56d