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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... Characters. 2. Shakespeare, William, 1564– 1616- Knowledge—Manners and customs. 3. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616— Knowledge— Psychology. 4. Rites and ceremonies in literature. 6. Life cycle, Human, in literature. I. Title. PR2989.G3 ...
... Characters. 2. Shakespeare, William, 1564– 1616- Knowledge—Manners and customs. 3. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616— Knowledge— Psychology. 4. Rites and ceremonies in literature. 6. Life cycle, Human, in literature. I. Title. PR2989.G3 ...
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... Characters . 2. Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616-- Knowledge - Manners and customs . 3. Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616 - Knowledge- Psychology . 4. Rites and ceremonies in literature . 6. Life cycle , Human , in literature . I ...
... Characters . 2. Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616-- Knowledge - Manners and customs . 3. Shakespeare , William , 1564-1616 - Knowledge- Psychology . 4. Rites and ceremonies in literature . 6. Life cycle , Human , in literature . I ...
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... characters as Desdemona , Cordelia and Cressida in their transi- tion from one stage to another . Similarly death and mourning , which we might consider to be self - evidently rites of separation , frequently include rites of ...
... characters as Desdemona , Cordelia and Cressida in their transi- tion from one stage to another . Similarly death and mourning , which we might consider to be self - evidently rites of separation , frequently include rites of ...
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... characters . - But of all Shakespearean thresholds surely none is as vivid , or as dramatically accentuated , as that guarded by the Porter in Macbeth . He himself compares it to ' hell gate ' ( II . iii . 2 ) , and those who pass ...
... characters . - But of all Shakespearean thresholds surely none is as vivid , or as dramatically accentuated , as that guarded by the Porter in Macbeth . He himself compares it to ' hell gate ' ( II . iii . 2 ) , and those who pass ...
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... character is challenged with understand- ing the play of which he is a part . The failure of Richard III and Macbeth ( and , more controversially , of Othello ) to do so is part of their tragedy . At the same time it is also emblematic ...
... character is challenged with understand- ing the play of which he is a part . The failure of Richard III and Macbeth ( and , more controversially , of Othello ) to do so is part of their tragedy . At the same time it is also emblematic ...
Contents
SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION | 30 |
PLAIN SPEAKING | 80 |
WOMENS RITES | 116 |
COMPARISON AND DISTINCTION | 174 |
Lenvoy | 242 |
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