Shakespearean Boars and Dolphins: Representing Character through Animal Dreams in Richard III and Antony and Cleopatra.
This article explores how Shakespeare combines dreams and animal symbolism to foreground the characterological driving forces of his plots. The article comprises two case studies. Firstly, it investigates Stanley's dream of a boar in Richard III, showing that Shakespeare draws on the boar's various...
| Publicado en: | Critical Survey Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 44 - 64 |
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