“King Lear alone among these plays has a distinct double action. Beside...” — Andrew Coyle Bradley Quote

“King Lear alone among these plays has a distinct double action. Besides this, it is impossible, I think, from the point of view of construction, to regard the hero as the leading figure.”

“But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of the work, a regular sequence of more exciting and less exciting sections.”

“In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start directly from the facts, and to collect from them gradually an idea of Shakespearean Tragedy.”

“Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.”

“I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.”

“Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them.”