In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... revenge tragedy , Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy ( ? Strange's , 1587 ) Belimperia's part is diffi- cult to assess because she is involved in both the " ghost's " — Andrea's revenge , and in Hieronimo's determination to get justice ...
... revenge tragedy , Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy ( ? Strange's , 1587 ) Belimperia's part is diffi- cult to assess because she is involved in both the " ghost's " — Andrea's revenge , and in Hieronimo's determination to get justice ...
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... revenge structure ( her villainous brother's opposition to it suggests it might be morally " right " ) . 9 When the brother has Horatio killed , Hieronimo's revenge for his son's death relegates Belimperia to a secondary place , while ...
... revenge structure ( her villainous brother's opposition to it suggests it might be morally " right " ) . 9 When the brother has Horatio killed , Hieronimo's revenge for his son's death relegates Belimperia to a secondary place , while ...
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... Revenge ( Paul's , 1601 ) Marston exaggerates every possible revenge convention ( with special reference to Hamlet ) intending , by parody , to criticise their moral assumptions . Maria , mother of the avenging son , is a Gertrude ...
... Revenge ( Paul's , 1601 ) Marston exaggerates every possible revenge convention ( with special reference to Hamlet ) intending , by parody , to criticise their moral assumptions . Maria , mother of the avenging son , is a Gertrude ...
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