Indirections: Shakespeare and the Art of Illusion

accept action All's ambiguous Angelo Antony Antony and Cleopatra argues attitude audience aware Bassanio Bertram characters Claudius Cleopatra comic context court created critics death Diana discussion disguise Duke Duke's effect especially evil example fact false feeling final scene Gloucester's Guildenstern Hamlet hath Helena heroine honour human identity illusion Illyria important irony Isabella Jaques justice kind King Lear language Leontes London lovers madness magic manipulation masque meaning Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice metaphor Midsummer Night's Dream Miranda moral nature Orlando pageant Parolles pastoral perception Phebe play's plot political Polixenes Polonius Portia presents problem Problem Comedies Prospero reality relation response role role-playing romance Rosalind says seems sense sexual Shakespeare Shylock social speech structure Tempest theatre theatrical theme thou tion traditional tragic Troilus and Cressida truth Twelfth Night virginity vision whole play Winter's Tale words