IV.ii 1-18 It is impossible to note the parallels between this section and Romeo and Juliet.
IV.ii.104 I'm not sure I'm buying this overdramatic side of Cressida. She has presented herself as more rational up to this point. In fact, the connection between the two eponymous lovers feels flat and far less interesting than the other dramas going on around them.
IV.iv.8-10 Her protestations ring a little hollow again here. How is it that Shakespeare has managed to make every individual character razor-clear, but the relationship itself is awkward and flat?
IV.iv.14 A pair of spectacles? In what way? Interesting.
IV.iv.59 Indeed. Does she recognize the folly of trying to be true, or feel that he has insulted by even asking that she should be otherwise?
IV.iv.104 A nice couplet, and one that gives his character a bit more depth. It even lends a little depth to this interchange.
IV.iv.126 Again with the worry that he will somehow lose Cressida's favour. What does Troilus see that we do not?
IV.v.38 This is the Cressida I like: witty and a match for any dirty old man.
IV.v.115 Stolen from Julius Caesar
IV.v.134 I just realized why this feels unfaithful to The Iliad: it's not as if Shakespeare has taken any significant liberties, but there is one significant element that he has omitted: the Olympian Gods. This moment, wherein Hector calls a truce with Ajax in light of their common blood, was originally an intervention by Zeus. How did such a significant alteration escape me until the fourth act? More importantly, how does the change affect the themes of the story?
IV.v.238 Quite so, for while all that Achilles has to offer is visible to the eye, Hector has demonstrated both courtliness and wit.
IV.v by brain must be rusty. There are still parts of this scene that feel untouched by me.
IV.iv.8-10 Her protestations ring a little hollow again here. How is it that Shakespeare has managed to make every individual character razor-clear, but the relationship itself is awkward and flat?
IV.iv.14 A pair of spectacles? In what way? Interesting.
IV.iv.59 Indeed. Does she recognize the folly of trying to be true, or feel that he has insulted by even asking that she should be otherwise?
IV.iv.104 A nice couplet, and one that gives his character a bit more depth. It even lends a little depth to this interchange.
IV.iv.126 Again with the worry that he will somehow lose Cressida's favour. What does Troilus see that we do not?
IV.v.38 This is the Cressida I like: witty and a match for any dirty old man.
IV.v.115 Stolen from Julius Caesar
IV.v.134 I just realized why this feels unfaithful to The Iliad: it's not as if Shakespeare has taken any significant liberties, but there is one significant element that he has omitted: the Olympian Gods. This moment, wherein Hector calls a truce with Ajax in light of their common blood, was originally an intervention by Zeus. How did such a significant alteration escape me until the fourth act? More importantly, how does the change affect the themes of the story?
IV.v.238 Quite so, for while all that Achilles has to offer is visible to the eye, Hector has demonstrated both courtliness and wit.
IV.v by brain must be rusty. There are still parts of this scene that feel untouched by me.
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