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by sihlime 2006-03-08 20:25 Shakespeare · drama · poetry · bird · birds
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"Shakespeare had the good fortune to be born in one of the pleasantest and most varied districts of England, in the midst of fields and gardens, as well as wide tracts of woodland and heath, among sturdy farmer-folk, and simple peasantry."
by sihlime 2006-03-08 20:25 Shakespeare · nature · bird · birds
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There is a graphic force in the exclamation “Look how a bird lies tangl’d in a net” [Venus and Adonis], and in the simile applied to Lucrece, “Like a new-kill’d bird she trembling lies” [The Rape of Lucrece].
by sihlime 2006-03-08 20:25 Shakespeare · bird · birds
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"Shakespeare’s feeling for nature and love of outdoor life are nowhere more fully and admirably expressed than in his delightful play of As You Like It."
by sihlime 2006-03-08 20:25 Shakespeare · nature · bird · birds
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"In many passages…[Shakespeare] heightens the gloom of night by allusion to the nocturnal birds which screech or moan in the dark, or he lightens its eeriness with the pensive melody of the nightingale."
by sihlime 2006-03-08 20:25 Shakespeare · bird · birds
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The chough together with the other members of the crow family was thought to have a supernatural prophetic gift, and a faculty of revealing hidden deeds.
by sihlime 2006-03-08 20:25 chough · Shakespeare · bird · birds
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"[Shakespeare] heightens the feeling of the eeriness of night by introducing the remarkable sound of the owl’s voice, and most effectively when some deed of villainy is on foot..."
by sihlime 2006-03-08 20:25 Shakespeare · owl · bird · birds
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Shakespeare, when he likens the orders of human society to the various grades among the birds, compares the leaders to eagles, and the commonalty to birds of a less reputable kind.
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The parrot was also known by the name of popinjay, a word sometimes applied to a foppish dandy.
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"The turtle-dove, long the accepted symbol of conjugal affection and loving tenderness has an honored place in Shakespeare’s pages."
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