In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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Page 194
... partly because [ the whore ] symbolizes abnormality , and partly because her carnality leagues her with the devil ... just as witches were believed to have made a pact with the devil " ( Attitudes , pp . 205-206 ; and see Nature of ...
... partly because [ the whore ] symbolizes abnormality , and partly because her carnality leagues her with the devil ... just as witches were believed to have made a pact with the devil " ( Attitudes , pp . 205-206 ; and see Nature of ...
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... partly exculpates her by giving her revenge against Soliman ( the anti - Christian invader ) a patriotic tone . The ambiguity remains , though , because Perseda acts like an Amazon to defend Rhodes and then kills Soliman by kissing him ...
... partly exculpates her by giving her revenge against Soliman ( the anti - Christian invader ) a patriotic tone . The ambiguity remains , though , because Perseda acts like an Amazon to defend Rhodes and then kills Soliman by kissing him ...
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... partly to picture an old order deservedly being replaced by the simple orthodox piety 53 of the younger generation . Brunhalt demonstrates her disdain for the new world of absolute masculine virtue by inviting her favourite to bed when ...
... partly to picture an old order deservedly being replaced by the simple orthodox piety 53 of the younger generation . Brunhalt demonstrates her disdain for the new world of absolute masculine virtue by inviting her favourite to bed when ...
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