Literary Analysis of British Plays

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GRE Subject Test: Literature in English › Literary Analysis of British Plays

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Adapted from Timon of Athens, IV:3, lines 409-447 by William Shakespeare

The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction

Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief,

And her pale fire she snatches from the sun:

The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves

The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief,

That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n

From general excrement: each thing's a thief:

The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power

Have uncheck'd theft.

Which of the following is NOT exemplified in the above selection from Timon of Athens?

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Adapted from Timon of Athens, IV:3, lines 409-447 by William Shakespeare

The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction

Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief,

And her pale fire she snatches from the sun:

The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves

The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief,

That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n

From general excrement: each thing's a thief:

The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power

Have uncheck'd theft.

The above passage from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" is the source of the title of a novel by which twentieth century author?

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