In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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Page 185
... gives her to Raymond at the end : the possible interpola- tion of stage business to show that she welcomes this pairing off is left an open question . If Fletcher intends Clarinda to renounce her Amazonian " unnaturalness , " it would ...
... gives her to Raymond at the end : the possible interpola- tion of stage business to show that she welcomes this pairing off is left an open question . If Fletcher intends Clarinda to renounce her Amazonian " unnaturalness , " it would ...
Page 249
... gives him a napkin soaked in his son's blood . Her actions , and 21 22 Compare Elinor's political supervision of Prince Henry in Look About You ( see p . 245 above ) ; and Goneril's attitude to Lear as a political threat . See Inga ...
... gives him a napkin soaked in his son's blood . Her actions , and 21 22 Compare Elinor's political supervision of Prince Henry in Look About You ( see p . 245 above ) ; and Goneril's attitude to Lear as a political threat . See Inga ...
Page 253
... give Cordelia a coronet without her being married to a Duke , while she also has the prospect of 27 royal marriage ... gives her a virtuous husband she ' needs ' to dispose of . Goneril acts according to situations , not established ...
... give Cordelia a coronet without her being married to a Duke , while she also has the prospect of 27 royal marriage ... gives her a virtuous husband she ' needs ' to dispose of . Goneril acts according to situations , not established ...
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