In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... scene , and the other Roman scenes , are enclosed structurally by Cleopatra's preoccupation with the messenger . Timeless Alexandria comprehends Roman virtue , folly , and vice ( as Cleopatra comprehends comic absurdity , majesty ...
... scene , and the other Roman scenes , are enclosed structurally by Cleopatra's preoccupation with the messenger . Timeless Alexandria comprehends Roman virtue , folly , and vice ( as Cleopatra comprehends comic absurdity , majesty ...
Page 325
... scenes , and , as I have suggested , Shakespeare vindicates his own stage picture when Cleopatra refuses to be boyed " I ... scene together is manifestly more than Antony's leave - taking ; the sexual connotations of the language and the ...
... scenes , and , as I have suggested , Shakespeare vindicates his own stage picture when Cleopatra refuses to be boyed " I ... scene together is manifestly more than Antony's leave - taking ; the sexual connotations of the language and the ...
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... scene which appears to develop into another apotheosis . Before this final act we are forcefully reminded of Philo's view , the Roman scene - setting with its orthodox presentation of strumpet and fool which encapsulates the play ...
... scene which appears to develop into another apotheosis . Before this final act we are forcefully reminded of Philo's view , the Roman scene - setting with its orthodox presentation of strumpet and fool which encapsulates the play ...
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