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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... king's crown , and to his right , descending , is a patriarchal figure in flowing robes and beard , who seems to be tumbling toward the bottom of the frame . Similarities in dress , feature and carriage strongly sug- gest that the ...
... king's crown , and to his right , descending , is a patriarchal figure in flowing robes and beard , who seems to be tumbling toward the bottom of the frame . Similarities in dress , feature and carriage strongly sug- gest that the ...
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... king ' ( II . i . 150 ) of a place that is to have ' no sovereignty ' ( 161 ) Turner interprets as Shakespeare's self - correcting acknowledgment of the absurdity of such a plan in the real world . ' Communitas ' , like the com ...
... king ' ( II . i . 150 ) of a place that is to have ' no sovereignty ' ( 161 ) Turner interprets as Shakespeare's self - correcting acknowledgment of the absurdity of such a plan in the real world . ' Communitas ' , like the com ...
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... King of Navarre instructs the Princess of France that she ' may not come . . . within my gates ' ( LLLII . i . 171 ) - gates that she herself describes as ' forbidden ' ( 26 ) . Each gate leads to a new place which might fairly be ...
... King of Navarre instructs the Princess of France that she ' may not come . . . within my gates ' ( LLLII . i . 171 ) - gates that she herself describes as ' forbidden ' ( 26 ) . Each gate leads to a new place which might fairly be ...
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... King James version may serve as a metaphor for the rhythmic relationship of the two states : once again the initiate must cere- monially depart from childhood in order to assume his new status as an adult . The concept of a pattern of ...
... King James version may serve as a metaphor for the rhythmic relationship of the two states : once again the initiate must cere- monially depart from childhood in order to assume his new status as an adult . The concept of a pattern of ...
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... king tradition . 38 Vestiges of a similar mythic pattern appear at the close of Henry V and Richard III , particularly in the agricultural images used by the soon - to - be - victorious Richmond , who speaks to his troops of ' summer ...
... king tradition . 38 Vestiges of a similar mythic pattern appear at the close of Henry V and Richard III , particularly in the agricultural images used by the soon - to - be - victorious Richmond , who speaks to his troops of ' summer ...
Contents
SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION | 30 |
PLAIN SPEAKING | 80 |
WOMENS RITES | 116 |
COMPARISON AND DISTINCTION | 174 |
Lenvoy | 242 |
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