In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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Page 132
... adultery , however , seem to suggest that adultery is not worse than manslaughter , and when they depict adulteresses who commit or condone murder it is debatable whether the dramatists consider that adultery is a prelude to other sins ...
... adultery , however , seem to suggest that adultery is not worse than manslaughter , and when they depict adulteresses who commit or condone murder it is debatable whether the dramatists consider that adultery is a prelude to other sins ...
Page 161
... adultery than any contemporary domestic tragedy . I have suggested that in depicting Bianca as a shrew Middleton both criticises Leantio's attitudes to women and partly explains Bianca's adultery ( see p . 99 above ) . His treatment of ...
... adultery than any contemporary domestic tragedy . I have suggested that in depicting Bianca as a shrew Middleton both criticises Leantio's attitudes to women and partly explains Bianca's adultery ( see p . 99 above ) . His treatment of ...
Page 169
... adultery . She feels " the breach of marriage " but seems to regret more that Livia , and Livia's understanding of sexuality , made that breach fatal , than that she herself left Leantio . Middleton is morally rigorous - lust is ...
... adultery . She feels " the breach of marriage " but seems to regret more that Livia , and Livia's understanding of sexuality , made that breach fatal , than that she herself left Leantio . Middleton is morally rigorous - lust is ...
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THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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