In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... ] , p . 184 ) . Lyly , Endymion , I.2.2-3 . No one is punished severly , because Cynthia's power is absolute ; see K. M. Briggs , Pale Hecate's Team , p . 65 . is rightly forfeited when vengeful women exploit it . 20 219.
... ] , p . 184 ) . Lyly , Endymion , I.2.2-3 . No one is punished severly , because Cynthia's power is absolute ; see K. M. Briggs , Pale Hecate's Team , p . 65 . is rightly forfeited when vengeful women exploit it . 20 219.
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... punished because it threatened social and political order , because , as Bacon said , it " putteth the law out of office " ; when women pursued revenge , the need for control and punishment was far greater because , as women , their ...
... punished because it threatened social and political order , because , as Bacon said , it " putteth the law out of office " ; when women pursued revenge , the need for control and punishment was far greater because , as women , their ...
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... punishment ( as an ' Eastern ' city , Troy was perhaps more 12 than usually morally suspect ) . The latter , more frequently expressed view becomes a motif for writers who ridicule the Trojans , " swilling sack and sugar , and mousing ...
... punishment ( as an ' Eastern ' city , Troy was perhaps more 12 than usually morally suspect ) . The latter , more frequently expressed view becomes a motif for writers who ridicule the Trojans , " swilling sack and sugar , and mousing ...
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