In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 1 |
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... woman , for acting when she should have remained inactive . Since the contemporary image of a good woman was of someone inactive and docile , women had to be doubly discreet about taking positive action . And extreme discre- tion , if ...
... woman , for acting when she should have remained inactive . Since the contemporary image of a good woman was of someone inactive and docile , women had to be doubly discreet about taking positive action . And extreme discre- tion , if ...
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... woman , the woman who resists and is therefore the Devil's friend . One should add to the implications here the Wakefield's Noah's suggestion that husbands cannot be happy unless they chastise their wives ' tongues . A ( fairly repre ...
... woman , the woman who resists and is therefore the Devil's friend . One should add to the implications here the Wakefield's Noah's suggestion that husbands cannot be happy unless they chastise their wives ' tongues . A ( fairly repre ...
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... woman " Katherina is made to acknowl- edge is not a woman at all , but Vincentio . The scene on the road to Padua ( IV.v ) is sometimes taken to indicate that Katherina is ready to enter Petruchio's world , that the " wish for play and ...
... woman " Katherina is made to acknowl- edge is not a woman at all , but Vincentio . The scene on the road to Padua ( IV.v ) is sometimes taken to indicate that Katherina is ready to enter Petruchio's world , that the " wish for play and ...
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THE WORLD OF THE BROTHEL | 19 |
Courtesans | 41 |
SHREWS AND CITIZENS WIVES | 74 |
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