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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... scene , becomes a full - fledged adult member of his or her society . The strongest light will fall upon the ways in which [ Shakespearean ] education , in its broadest sense , differs from our own . And from this contrast we may be ...
... scene , becomes a full - fledged adult member of his or her society . The strongest light will fall upon the ways in which [ Shakespearean ] education , in its broadest sense , differs from our own . And from this contrast we may be ...
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... scenes ' , and will ultimately lead to some kind of climax . In a similar spirit Mary Douglas comments that ' there ... scene we are playing'.31 But the most influential use of theatrical terminology for the analysis of human behavior ...
... scenes ' , and will ultimately lead to some kind of climax . In a similar spirit Mary Douglas comments that ' there ... scene we are playing'.31 But the most influential use of theatrical terminology for the analysis of human behavior ...
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... scenes , these minor characters - who will never again appear - offer opinions which may be taken at face value , precisely because there is no filtering personality to interfere with what they say . In other words , they exist only to ...
... scenes , these minor characters - who will never again appear - offer opinions which may be taken at face value , precisely because there is no filtering personality to interfere with what they say . In other words , they exist only to ...
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... scene v , in which Juliet waits impatiently for a message from Romeo . When she returns , inevitably late , the ... scenes later , however , when the play has been transformed from comedy to tragedy by the duel , the deaths of Mercutio ...
... scene v , in which Juliet waits impatiently for a message from Romeo . When she returns , inevitably late , the ... scenes later , however , when the play has been transformed from comedy to tragedy by the duel , the deaths of Mercutio ...
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... to end after the opening scene , with Cordelia's acquiescence to her father's demand for a verbal expression of love . But her failure to offer such a pledge , her determination to love and be silent , does help INTRODUCTION 23.
... to end after the opening scene , with Cordelia's acquiescence to her father's demand for a verbal expression of love . But her failure to offer such a pledge , her determination to love and be silent , does help INTRODUCTION 23.
Contents
SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION | 30 |
PLAIN SPEAKING | 80 |
WOMENS RITES | 116 |
COMPARISON AND DISTINCTION | 174 |
Lenvoy | 242 |
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