Coming of Age in ShakespeareRoutledge, 2013 M04 15 - 248 pages Marjorie Garber examines the rites of passage and maturation patterns--"coming of age"--in Shakespeare's plays. Citing examples from virtually the entire Shakespeare canon, she pays particular attention to the way his characters grow and change at points of personal crisis. Among the crises Garber discusses are: separation from parent or sibling in preparation for sexual love and the choice of husband or wife; the use of names and nicknames as a sign of individual exploits or status; virginity, sexual initiation and the acceptance of sexual maturity, childbearing and parenthood; and, finally, attitudes toward death and dying. |
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... Othello and The Merchant of Venice . ' Societas ' , the third stage , produces a renewed and relatively enlightened structure , much like the reconciliations and marriages that end As You Like It or the reunions and unmaskings in the ...
... Othello and The Merchant of Venice . ' Societas ' , the third stage , produces a renewed and relatively enlightened structure , much like the reconciliations and marriages that end As You Like It or the reunions and unmaskings in the ...
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... Othello ) to do so is part of their tragedy . At the same time it is also emblematic of their failure to attain ' maturity ' - or ' identity ' - or a ' healthy person- ality ' in the context of a specific , created , dramatic situation ...
... Othello ) to do so is part of their tragedy . At the same time it is also emblematic of their failure to attain ' maturity ' - or ' identity ' - or a ' healthy person- ality ' in the context of a specific , created , dramatic situation ...
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... Othello who does not act like an adult . Yet if we consider the experience of the play as one of progress toward self - knowledge , a growth and change for its main characters as well as for the audience , we may find a certain ...
... Othello who does not act like an adult . Yet if we consider the experience of the play as one of progress toward self - knowledge , a growth and change for its main characters as well as for the audience , we may find a certain ...
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Contents
SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION | 30 |
PLAIN SPEAKING | 80 |
WOMENS RITES | 116 |
COMPARISON AND DISTINCTION | 174 |
Lenvoy | 242 |
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