Mayhem and Morality in Sweeney Todd
1991; University of Illinois Press; Volume: 9; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3051688
ISSN1945-2349
Autores Tópico(s)Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
ResumoThe two principal characters of Sweeney Todd' conspire in mass murder. However, the motives that prompt them to their common venture differ considerably, and these differences make intelligible much of the play's dramatic movement. The play reveals the terms upon which these disparate characters can unite without sacrificing their individual perspectives; at the culmination of the drama, both are presented as punished, in appropriately different ways, for their complicity.
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