In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 18
Page 189
... Mary Fitzallard for the sake of Mary's name ( that is , ' Moll ' ) ( IV.1.65 ) . Sebastian's father , who meanly forbids the marriage because Mary's dowry is too little , condemns Moll because her name is that of whores ( II.2.160 ) ...
... Mary Fitzallard for the sake of Mary's name ( that is , ' Moll ' ) ( IV.1.65 ) . Sebastian's father , who meanly forbids the marriage because Mary's dowry is too little , condemns Moll because her name is that of whores ( II.2.160 ) ...
Page 273
... Mary provides the means to turn tragedy into comedy . The past , the present and the future are ' saved ' because Eve and Mary are aspects of what men are pleased to regard as the ' eternal ' female ; thus , for example , in Foxe's ...
... Mary provides the means to turn tragedy into comedy . The past , the present and the future are ' saved ' because Eve and Mary are aspects of what men are pleased to regard as the ' eternal ' female ; thus , for example , in Foxe's ...
Page 385
... Mary , D. Drama and Imagery in English Medieval Churches . Cambridge , 1963 . Aydelotte , Frank . Elizabethan Rogues and Vagabonds . Oxford , 1913 . 1903 . Bax , Ernest Belfort . The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptists . Brand , John ...
... Mary , D. Drama and Imagery in English Medieval Churches . Cambridge , 1963 . Aydelotte , Frank . Elizabethan Rogues and Vagabonds . Oxford , 1913 . 1903 . Bax , Ernest Belfort . The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptists . Brand , John ...
Common terms and phrases
action Amazon ambiguity Antony appears associated attitude beauty becomes Bowers Caesar called Cambridge cause characters Christian claim Cleopatra comedy comic concerned condemned considered conventional created Cressida dangerous death defined depicted desire drama effect Elizabeth Elizabethan emphasises encouraged England English evil female final Fletcher George Helen helps Henry Heywood honour husband idea imagination important individual instance John kill kind King Lady Macbeth less lover lust Macbeth male marriage Mary merely Middleton moral murder nature Noble Oxford Paris partly pattern perhaps play political potentially presented provides punished Queen relation remains Renaissance represented revenge Robert role Roman rprt rule satiric scene seems seen sense sexual Shakespeare shows Sisters social society stage Studies suggests Thomas tradition Tragedy translated Troilus Troy ultimately virtuous Waller whore wife witchcraft witches woman women York