In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... Henry's over - burdened supporters , facing the Scots / French political and military alliance which Eleanor ... Henry not to call Henry father but treat him as a " competitor " ( 1008 ) , and , with sinister Machiavel- lianism advises ...
... Henry's over - burdened supporters , facing the Scots / French political and military alliance which Eleanor ... Henry not to call Henry father but treat him as a " competitor " ( 1008 ) , and , with sinister Machiavel- lianism advises ...
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... Henry VI plays ( 1589-91 ) the " domineering female " is thematically and structurally important , and helps emphasise the dangers of weak kingship . Female ambition symbolises and causes conflict : Margaret's agreement to marry Henry ...
... Henry VI plays ( 1589-91 ) the " domineering female " is thematically and structurally important , and helps emphasise the dangers of weak kingship . Female ambition symbolises and causes conflict : Margaret's agreement to marry Henry ...
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... Henry disinherits Edward is , for instance , politically justi- fiable ( Pt . III , I.1.213f . ) , but though her anger here briefly evokes a comic shrew image which puts Henry in the wrong , comedy rapidly fades as she and Henry move ...
... Henry disinherits Edward is , for instance , politically justi- fiable ( Pt . III , I.1.213f . ) , but though her anger here briefly evokes a comic shrew image which puts Henry in the wrong , comedy rapidly fades as she and Henry move ...
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