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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... tion in terms of utterance is a constant element throughout the passage : the ' mewling ' infant , the ' whining ' schoolboy and the ' sighing ' lover will speak , and illustrate their stages of life as they do so . Jaques ' set piece ...
... tion in terms of utterance is a constant element throughout the passage : the ' mewling ' infant , the ' whining ' schoolboy and the ' sighing ' lover will speak , and illustrate their stages of life as they do so . Jaques ' set piece ...
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... tion of differences . In other words , it indicates a series of crises or turning points . Whereas other versions of the ' ages ' theme show typical though temporary stages in a general and inexor- able cycle , this play stresses the ...
... tion of differences . In other words , it indicates a series of crises or turning points . Whereas other versions of the ' ages ' theme show typical though temporary stages in a general and inexor- able cycle , this play stresses the ...
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... tion of rites and motives will influence such Shakespearean 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 ...
... tion of rites and motives will influence such Shakespearean 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 ...
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... tion , and one of the purposes of this book is to demonstrate that this symbolic and spatial area of transition may be found in more or less pronounced form in all the ceremonies which accompany the passage from one social and magico ...
... tion , and one of the purposes of this book is to demonstrate that this symbolic and spatial area of transition may be found in more or less pronounced form in all the ceremonies which accompany the passage from one social and magico ...
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... tion from previous surroundings to be followed by a rite of incorporation , like the sharing of a meal.20 Although they attempt to do so , Macbeth and Lady Macbeth cannot wash their hands , and thus symbolically as well as ...
... tion from previous surroundings to be followed by a rite of incorporation , like the sharing of a meal.20 Although they attempt to do so , Macbeth and Lady Macbeth cannot wash their hands , and thus symbolically as well as ...
Contents
SEPARATION AND INDIVIDUATION | 30 |
PLAIN SPEAKING | 80 |
WOMENS RITES | 116 |
COMPARISON AND DISTINCTION | 174 |
Lenvoy | 242 |
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