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Re: Samuel Johnson criticizes Shakespeares characters for being less tha [#permalink]
Carcass, can you please help to translate affectation in this context?
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The sentence mentions that the characters were less than natural. In this context affectation, which means basically the same thing= not natural, is there to reinforce that concept earlier mentioned.

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Samuel Johnson criticizes Shakespeare’s characters for being less than natural, not free from (i) __________. Johnson’s (ii) __________ originates from a fanciless way of thinking to which everything appears (iii) __________ that is not insipid.

First Blank

Samuel Johnson criticizes Shakespeare’s characters for being less than natural, not free from (i) artificality.

The choice is affectation.

Second Blank

Johnson’s (ii) criticism originates from a fanciless way of thinking to which everything appears (iii) _________ that is not insipid.

The choice is censure.

Third Blank

Johnson’s (ii) censure originates from a fanciless way of thinking to which everything appears (iii) artificial that is not insipid.

The choice is unnatural

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Samuel Johnson criticizes Shakespeare’s characters for being less than natural, not free from (i) affectation. Johnson’s (ii) censure originates from a fanciless way of thinking to which everything appears (iii) unnatural that is not insipid.

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