In the Posture of a Whore: Changing Attitudes to 'bad' Women in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, Volume 2 |
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... wives ' honour was " respected by the rest , ... so as themselues may be free to take the pleasure of wemen at large . " ) 6 English domestic tragedy portrayed English society ( generally bourgeois life ) , but upper - class vice seemed ...
... wives ' honour was " respected by the rest , ... so as themselues may be free to take the pleasure of wemen at large . " ) 6 English domestic tragedy portrayed English society ( generally bourgeois life ) , but upper - class vice seemed ...
Page 290
... wives . In Part II of the play Helen is used to exemplify Vanity , and in this she is linked with Cressida . When they meet after Paris ' death Helen sees in Cressida ( as in a reflection ) " all beauties frailty " ; she realises the ...
... wives . In Part II of the play Helen is used to exemplify Vanity , and in this she is linked with Cressida . When they meet after Paris ' death Helen sees in Cressida ( as in a reflection ) " all beauties frailty " ; she realises the ...
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... wives ; as such ( and as nieces ) their progress , adventurous though it might be , is towards wifehood . If they are bad it is frequently because they are shown to reject this path ; they might transgress paternal laws , but they must ...
... wives ; as such ( and as nieces ) their progress , adventurous though it might be , is towards wifehood . If they are bad it is frequently because they are shown to reject this path ; they might transgress paternal laws , but they must ...
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