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SHAKSPER 2000: Re: Paris' poor physics
From: Hardy M. Cook (editor@ws.bowiestate.edu) Date: 09/25/00
The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.1806 Monday, 25 September 2000. From: Sean Lawrence <seanlawrence@writeme.com> Date: Saturday, 23 Sep 2000 10:33:22 -0700 Subject: 11.1795 Paris' poor physics in "Romeo & Juliet" V, iii Comment: Re: SHK 11.1795 Paris' poor physics in "Romeo & Juliet" V, iii ? Hi, I don't think that "the merest Elizabethan child" would understand the principle that solid substances convey sound better. A great deal of Elizabethan science seems painfully wrong, like humoral medicine, for instance. What is interesting here is that while the theory is specious, the practice is absolutely right. Cheers, Seán.
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