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 20
Page 212
... important.7 Further , as the drama became more sophisticated , the conventional revenge pattern and its attendant moral assump- tions , which included the moral ambiguity of the revenger's position , could be deliberately played upon ...
... important.7 Further , as the drama became more sophisticated , the conventional revenge pattern and its attendant moral assump- tions , which included the moral ambiguity of the revenger's position , could be deliberately played upon ...
Page 241
... important literary " first " in England , was , as Marie Axton has shown , 6 important for its reflection of the most vital political question of the day - the succession and the dangers of civil war if the question were not settled ...
... important literary " first " in England , was , as Marie Axton has shown , 6 important for its reflection of the most vital political question of the day - the succession and the dangers of civil war if the question were not settled ...
Page 342
... important individuals who cause upsets in national life , in his comedies the disturbances they cause are relatively unimportant and can therefore be righted by women who are entirely vindicated when they take the initiative because ...
... important individuals who cause upsets in national life , in his comedies the disturbances they cause are relatively unimportant and can therefore be righted by women who are entirely vindicated when they take the initiative because ...
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