| Author: | Donald Richardson | ISBN: | 9781524621032 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse | Publication: | August 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donald Richardson |
| ISBN: | 9781524621032 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication: | August 3, 2016 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse |
| Language: | English |
Cymbeline repeats many of Shakespeares plot devices: villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, the appearance of Jupiter in a vision, and final repentance, forgiveness, and reunion (Mowat, xiii), all of which result in an improbable story (Mowat, xv). As a romance, the play calls to mind the need for Coleridges willing suspension of disbelief (Biographia Literaria, quoted in Greenblatt, 478). Yet it is still Shakespeare.
Cymbeline repeats many of Shakespeares plot devices: villainous slander, homicidal jealousy, cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, the appearance of Jupiter in a vision, and final repentance, forgiveness, and reunion (Mowat, xiii), all of which result in an improbable story (Mowat, xv). As a romance, the play calls to mind the need for Coleridges willing suspension of disbelief (Biographia Literaria, quoted in Greenblatt, 478). Yet it is still Shakespeare.
