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hN. ro n.k r @MioB (bur .njoyrbl.) .fion io rc@vs B n@h B
p6ibb ln.t origisl 0onlnA (p,l I ),
ExrcndinS Pric.'s ido I v.nrurc !o ey lh.l .ritics hav. th.h om w.b of
n@in8: which, i! tum, qptlns oth.r minds ooly lo rprad in dilf.dt didtions,
Som. qni€ {guc th.t th. plat we h4nt b b. sL8d or lh. o@ion oro
.ri5t@r.tic w.ddin& blr tlE idcnriry ofrhc aktcd h4 b..n d.b.t!bl., how.wr
(Pric., p. l7). My @nr.nrio b thlt ropaeliri6 urlally hid. ftm us lh. irh.Mt
tauq ofa el* which might b. .n .v.Ff6h $ue of$lf-E l@rid, Pri€ $ys
dtrl Shlrphu hift .t th. @nh.Ehl .!pct of ln. pl.y duing "Sh.t sF.c's
wking lif." (in Pric., p. 25). Fd P.pti o $. orh.r hdd, thcc *a rcr h@h in
ti. pl.y, which, h. rys, "l h.d n.*r sn b.foE, rcr thall .vs ls.itl' for ir is th.
md ituirid r iculoB tl., dlt .E I {s in ny lit , I ss, | @nf6! s. good
d.ncins sd son. hanl5m. wohar, qhich wa .ll ny phsuF" (3:208). vh.l
Pcpys disis a'nosl inripid lidiculds pLy." k for Dows .6 suFrior to
M@h.th 6d ?1t Lnpcs tlle ro aG "omm.nts"
(in Pric., p, 27). For th. hr&r, wio
c.llt th. pl., '"rhc Fliry Qu..r\" th. m&hircry is m@ i alsring 6D thc humu
For quia r f.w da.d.sr rh€ pl.y 8c
ou1 ol th. liErry dEL until ,ohn
DO/dcn @hEcnts on th. .ruE ofrh. pl.y. I. his opinio, lh. pl.y is . s@nd-h..d
"init ion" showin8 f.i.ic!, which in hir orinion, Enels rh. popul& b.licP of
Shat6paF's t8., Drtd.n ir not t.ry.pt@i!tiv. oa Sh.l6p.e. H. b.li.6 tnlt
Shlk6pqF poo6 old ein. into nd botrlG (pp.86-97). SMu.l John$n @ntinG
if, th. sm. win. Fo him, in .ddilion ro b.ing ! sid erir', lhc plly is llso "wild
ud f.ntasti€l'' or.ring io th. populs b.li.8 ofth. Elizlal'.s (in Pri@, pp. 2&
30). H., horcv.!, i3 full of high pnie for fi. snuctuBl !ni9 of thc play, Cohpd.d