In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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Page 184
... becomes a perfect wife , relinquishing her " too burdensome " powers . Aminta , shipwrecked with the men , is ... become a man " ( II.p. 16 ) . Clarinda , Rosella's daughter , remains aloof from most of the comic action . Too young ever ...
... becomes a perfect wife , relinquishing her " too burdensome " powers . Aminta , shipwrecked with the men , is ... become a man " ( II.p. 16 ) . Clarinda , Rosella's daughter , remains aloof from most of the comic action . Too young ever ...
Page 227
... becomes a symbol of the corruption of the state or world " ( Lust Motif , p . 6 ) . corrupted by courtly power , procures Valentinian's death and becomes 227.
... becomes a symbol of the corruption of the state or world " ( Lust Motif , p . 6 ) . corrupted by courtly power , procures Valentinian's death and becomes 227.
Page 250
... becomes less significant than her survival to " fill the world with words " ( Pt . III , V.5.44 ) , and though her enemies asso- ciate her with common scolds and shrews ( II.2.44 ; V.5.23-24 ) , these images have not the power to reduce ...
... becomes less significant than her survival to " fill the world with words " ( Pt . III , V.5.44 ) , and though her enemies asso- ciate her with common scolds and shrews ( II.2.44 ; V.5.23-24 ) , these images have not the power to reduce ...
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