In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... dangerous forces of nature in order to bring about " unnatural " states . Both freaks of nature ( at the same time as they represent extremes of ' natural ' female qualities ) , they are , conceptually , the epitome of dangerous alien ...
... dangerous forces of nature in order to bring about " unnatural " states . Both freaks of nature ( at the same time as they represent extremes of ' natural ' female qualities ) , they are , conceptually , the epitome of dangerous alien ...
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... dangers of civil war if the question were not settled . " With regard to women in the drama Gorboduc is interesting as an ... dangerous ( 1.2.205-210 ) .8 Videna is , nevertheless , depicted as conscienceless ; her lack of councillors ...
... dangers of civil war if the question were not settled . " With regard to women in the drama Gorboduc is interesting as an ... dangerous ( 1.2.205-210 ) .8 Videna is , nevertheless , depicted as conscienceless ; her lack of councillors ...
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... dangerous ; she , like the other characters , is presented in the flat . And , as befits shrews , the queens are ... dangers of weak kingship . Female ambition symbolises and causes conflict : Margaret's agreement to marry Henry ( she is ...
... dangerous ; she , like the other characters , is presented in the flat . And , as befits shrews , the queens are ... dangers of weak kingship . Female ambition symbolises and causes conflict : Margaret's agreement to marry Henry ( she is ...
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