For WH Auden, it's the romantic scene from Henry V: "The most brutal scene in Shakespeare is Henry's wooing of Katherine. It is cold and calculated, and most shocking is Henry's certainty of success. Richard's wooing of Anne is a tour de force. Henry's wooing of Katherine is too easy . . ."
Putting aside the grand guignol physical brutalities of Titus, Lear, etc., what are your memorable 'brutal' scenes from the plays?
Henry's brother, John, and Westmoreland execute a pretty brutal lawyerly swindle on the rebel leaders in Henry IV, part 2.
The skewering of Shylock.
What else?
Putting aside the grand guignol physical brutalities of Titus, Lear, etc., what are your memorable 'brutal' scenes from the plays?
Henry's brother, John, and Westmoreland execute a pretty brutal lawyerly swindle on the rebel leaders in Henry IV, part 2.
The skewering of Shylock.
What else?
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