In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... believe Hamlet is mad might result from her fear of Hamlet , or from her desire to protect him . She might be so confused that finally she cannot but believe that all is well ( except that Hamlet is " fat , and scant of breath " [ v ...
... believe Hamlet is mad might result from her fear of Hamlet , or from her desire to protect him . She might be so confused that finally she cannot but believe that all is well ( except that Hamlet is " fat , and scant of breath " [ v ...
Page 269
... believe that he loves her daughter , she destroys the natural maternal relationship , telling her daughter , before she kills her , " My pleasure gaue thee life , and it resumes / That life againe , because it kils my pleasure " ( IV ...
... believe that he loves her daughter , she destroys the natural maternal relationship , telling her daughter , before she kills her , " My pleasure gaue thee life , and it resumes / That life againe , because it kils my pleasure " ( IV ...
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... believe that , concomitantly , he intends the moral comments of other characters in the play to suggest the reactions of spectators who are not " in their senses , " and who are , therefore , incapable of judging morally . * * Questions ...
... believe that , concomitantly , he intends the moral comments of other characters in the play to suggest the reactions of spectators who are not " in their senses , " and who are , therefore , incapable of judging morally . * * Questions ...
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