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- Title
'The Thing I Am': Parolles, the Comedic Villain, and Tragic Consciousness.
- Authors
Richard, Jeremy
- Abstract
Discusses the metamorphosis of the comedic villain, which signals the change in the dramatic intentions of English dramatist William Shakespeare. Transition between Shakespeare's comedies of plot and his tragedies of character; Shakespeare's experiments in the depiction of psychological immediacy through villains such as Shylock, Malvolio and Parolles.
- Subjects
SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Villains; VILLAINS in literature; ENGLISH drama (Comedy); EARLY modern English drama; ELIZABETHAN (Literary period); 17TH century (Literary period)
- Publication
Shakespeare Studies (Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corporation), 1986, Vol 18, p145
- ISSN
0582-9399
- Publication type
Literary Criticism