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Tables of Contents for Henry V, War Criminal? and Other Shakespeare Puzzles
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
viii
Introduction
ix
Stephen Orgel
Note on Editions Used
xvii
Cleopatra---deadbeat mum?
1
6
Anthony
Cleopatra
The watch on the centurion's wrist
7
7
Julius Caesar
`Too much i' the sun': is it summer in Elsinore?
14
3
Hamlet
Where is the Ghost from? Is he stupid? and: Is Hamlet really Hamleth?
17
14
Hamlet
Desdemona's posthumous speeches
31
8
Othello
`Great thing of us forgot!': Albany's amnesia or Shakespeare's?
39
7
King Lear
Poor Tom's a yokel?
46
5
King Lear
How ancient is Lear? How youthful is Juliet?
51
7
King Lear
Romeo
Juliet
What's in a name? Why does Juliet confuse `Montague' with `Romeo'?
58
7
Romeo
Juliet
Real or Pretend I Lady Macbeth: feint or faint?
65
4
Macbeth
Real or Pretend II Hamlet's knock-knees
69
3
Hamlet
Real or Pretend III Does Cleopatra really care about her `petty things'?
72
4
Anthony
Cleopatra
Real or Pretend IV Othello's magical handkerchief
76
9
Othello
How much time did Richard waste?
85
7
Richard II
Who killed Woodstock?
92
7
Richard II
Hal and Francis: what's the issue?
99
9
Henry IV
Henry V, war criminal?
108
9
Henry V
Henry V's claim to France: valid or invalid?
117
9
Henry V
What happens to Viola's `eunuch' plan?
126
5
Twelfth Night
Malvolio: vengeful or reconciled?
131
6
Twelfth Night
Does Bottom cuckold Oberon?
137
6
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Never act with dogs and babies
143
5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Why is Shylock unmusical?
148
6
The Merchant of Venice
Is Portia a virgin at the end of the play-and will she stay one?
154
8
The Merchant of Venice
Muddle or method?
162
6
Troilus
Cressida
The mystery of the putrefied corpse
168
6
Troilus
Cressida
Shakespeare's feminist play?
174
10
Love's Labour's Lost
Why does the Duke leave town?
184
6
Measure for Measure
Why Barnardine? and: Angelo: guide to sanity?
190
7
Measure for Measure
How many Shakespearian cannibals?
197
6
Titus Andronicus
Notes
203