In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... female terms . Women acting alone are almost invariably shown to be doing so in response to the actions of men . The female version of revenge for " honour " is revenge for loss of " reputation " ; that is , a woman's honour is utterly ...
... female terms . Women acting alone are almost invariably shown to be doing so in response to the actions of men . The female version of revenge for " honour " is revenge for loss of " reputation " ; that is , a woman's honour is utterly ...
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... Female ambition and assertiveness in Nobody and Somebody are thwarted by the demands of comic convention . In Shakespeare's Henry VI plays ( 1589-91 ) the " domineering female " is thematically and structurally important , and helps ...
... Female ambition and assertiveness in Nobody and Somebody are thwarted by the demands of comic convention . In Shakespeare's Henry VI plays ( 1589-91 ) the " domineering female " is thematically and structurally important , and helps ...
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... female characters Webster's two tragedies are obviously noteworthy . Vittoria Corombona disrupts family relationships in a society which is so politically corrupt that even the virtuous are compromised and eventually destroyed . In ...
... female characters Webster's two tragedies are obviously noteworthy . Vittoria Corombona disrupts family relationships in a society which is so politically corrupt that even the virtuous are compromised and eventually destroyed . In ...
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