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The World's Classics #452
Five Elizabethan Tragedies
Designed as a complement to the sections of pre-Shakespearean and Elizabethan comedies already published in The World's Classics as part of a series of anthologies of the English drama.
400 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1960
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May 9, 2013Sooooooooo good, but so painful to read! It's partly because of the language and partly because the stories are so frickin' sad!
THYESTES
I got goosebumps from imagining all the gore. The horrors in this one are both ghastly and elegant, it makes you itch underneath the skin. The imagery is so alive, you can almost feel it.
GORBODUC
For some reason, this reminds me of my father and brothers. Probably because it features a father who doesn't listen to good counsel and two disobedient brothers (well, one disobedient and headstrong and the other too nice for his own good- at least for me). It's enjoyable to witness how everything slowly unravels even if it's obvious from the beginning that it's all going to fall apart.
THE SPANISH TRAGEDY
This one was just okay for me. It's a little long and the pace is too slow for me. The characters were strong but they irritated me especially Bellimperia
THYESTES
I got goosebumps from imagining all the gore. The horrors in this one are both ghastly and elegant, it makes you itch underneath the skin. The imagery is so alive, you can almost feel it.
GORBODUC
For some reason, this reminds me of my father and brothers. Probably because it features a father who doesn't listen to good counsel and two disobedient brothers (well, one disobedient and headstrong and the other too nice for his own good- at least for me). It's enjoyable to witness how everything slowly unravels even if it's obvious from the beginning that it's all going to fall apart.
THE SPANISH TRAGEDY
This one was just okay for me. It's a little long and the pace is too slow for me. The characters were strong but they irritated me especially Bellimperia
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