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 11
Page 231
... created a play which is , generally , dramatically effective . In other plays , however , the use of the conventions is uninventive and dramatically unsatisfying . In The Spanish Gypsie ( Lady Elizabeth's , 1623 ) romance trivialises ...
... created a play which is , generally , dramatically effective . In other plays , however , the use of the conventions is uninventive and dramatically unsatisfying . In The Spanish Gypsie ( Lady Elizabeth's , 1623 ) romance trivialises ...
Page 238
... created a tension between political fact and life as a patriarchal society knew it , and the myth created around and fostered by Elizabeth undoubtedly helped to ease this tension . The political reality could be circumvented by seeing ...
... created a tension between political fact and life as a patriarchal society knew it , and the myth created around and fostered by Elizabeth undoubtedly helped to ease this tension . The political reality could be circumvented by seeing ...
Page 343
... created Imogen , perhaps the most " perfect " wife of all , and created , too , magical daughters whose influence on their fathers seems to result for Shakespeare , in momentarily credible brave new worlds . * 18 It is true that women ...
... created Imogen , perhaps the most " perfect " wife of all , and created , too , magical daughters whose influence on their fathers seems to result for Shakespeare , in momentarily credible brave new worlds . * 18 It is true that women ...
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