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“Shakespeare, of course, makes us ever aware of transience, not only in the sonnets, but also powerfully in his plays - spectacles for a brief period of time and then gone, as when Prospero describes the pageant fading, leaving "not a rack behind."”

Quote by Martha Ronk

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Martha Ronk, born in 1940, is an individual whose profession and category are unknown. Detailed information about her is limited. more

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