In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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Page 63
... ultimately converted by Tormiella's and his queen's virtue , orders the bawd , the " Engine of Hell ... whipt through Sivill , " because " foure such tempting witches / May undoe a City " ( V.5.36f . ) . * % * Bawds like Dildoman embody ...
... ultimately converted by Tormiella's and his queen's virtue , orders the bawd , the " Engine of Hell ... whipt through Sivill , " because " foure such tempting witches / May undoe a City " ( V.5.36f . ) . * % * Bawds like Dildoman embody ...
Page 84
... ultimately made a fool of by the Abbess's drawing her out in order to condemn her ( V.1.44ff . ) . In addition to this , the Abbess , perhaps of all the characters in the play , is made to stand aloof from the play's farcical tenor ...
... ultimately made a fool of by the Abbess's drawing her out in order to condemn her ( V.1.44ff . ) . In addition to this , the Abbess , perhaps of all the characters in the play , is made to stand aloof from the play's farcical tenor ...
Page 177
... ultimately fails to sustain the Platonic pose . " 62 The two occasions on which Bianca repulses Fernando's avowals of " service " ( she recognises the lust they mask ) , emphasise her 63 virtue . When she then offers herself ( II.4 ) ...
... ultimately fails to sustain the Platonic pose . " 62 The two occasions on which Bianca repulses Fernando's avowals of " service " ( she recognises the lust they mask ) , emphasise her 63 virtue . When she then offers herself ( II.4 ) ...
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THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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