In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... desire for absolute political supremacy , but her despotism is less of an arbitrarily fixed characteristic ; and Margaret herself develops as a character , from exotic , sinister princess to banning hag , who comes , almost by default ...
... desire for absolute political supremacy , but her despotism is less of an arbitrarily fixed characteristic ; and Margaret herself develops as a character , from exotic , sinister princess to banning hag , who comes , almost by default ...
Page 270
... desires once quench'd / We'll there determine Theodoret's death " ( II . p . 29 ) . and , finally captured , she sums up ... desire for a new moral lead . Relevant too might be Brunhalt's use of induced impotence to gain her ends . The ...
... desires once quench'd / We'll there determine Theodoret's death " ( II . p . 29 ) . and , finally captured , she sums up ... desire for a new moral lead . Relevant too might be Brunhalt's use of induced impotence to gain her ends . The ...
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... desire to humiliate a political rival ) prompts his desire to exhibit her on the alien Roman stage , and , assured of his intent , Cleopatra determines to remain mistress in her own theatre . Forced by Rome's attempt to capture her to ...
... desire to humiliate a political rival ) prompts his desire to exhibit her on the alien Roman stage , and , assured of his intent , Cleopatra determines to remain mistress in her own theatre . Forced by Rome's attempt to capture her to ...
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