Coming of Age in ShakespeareMarjorie Garber examines the rites of passage and maturation patterns--"coming of age"--in Shakespeare's plays. Citing examples from virtually the entire Shakespeare canon, she pays particular attention to the way his characters grow and change at points of personal crisis. Among the crises Garber discusses are: separation from parent or sibling in preparation for sexual love and the choice of husband or wife; the use of names and nicknames as a sign of individual exploits or status; virginity, sexual initiation and the acceptance of sexual maturity, childbearing and parenthood; and, finally, attitudes toward death and dying. |
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... Leontes and Polixenes were childhood friends , and that they have main- tained their friendship ' since their more mature dignities and royal necessities made separation of their society ' ( 1. i . 27–8 ) . Ulysses describes Troilus as ...
... Leontes and Polixenes were childhood friends , and that they have main- tained their friendship ' since their more mature dignities and royal necessities made separation of their society ' ( 1. i . 27–8 ) . Ulysses describes Troilus as ...
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... Leontes , or Lear , or Benedick , each in his own generic context , and , to a lesser but still important extent , of the lords in Love's Labor's Lost , Kate in The Taming of the Shrew , Olivia in Twelfth Night - to cite a random few ...
... Leontes , or Lear , or Benedick , each in his own generic context , and , to a lesser but still important extent , of the lords in Love's Labor's Lost , Kate in The Taming of the Shrew , Olivia in Twelfth Night - to cite a random few ...
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Contents
SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION | 30 |
PLAIN SPEAKING | 80 |
WOMENS RITES | 116 |
COMPARISON AND DISTINCTION | 174 |
Lenvoy | 242 |
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