MediEvil aspects of seduction, corruption and destruction in Shakespeare's demonic women.

Title: MediEvil aspects of seduction, corruption and destruction in Shakespeare's demonic women.
Identifier: AAI8821115
identifier: 8821115
Creator: Powell, Susana.
Contributor: Adviser: Albert Bermel
Date: 1988
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Theater | Literature, English | Literature, Medieval
Abstract: Taking as its departure point the virulent antifeminism of the Middle Ages suggested by the neologism "MediEvil," the dissertation examines female characters in Shakespeare's histories and tragedies who qualify as demonic women by virtue--or rather vice--of their seduction, corruption and destruction of men.;Each chapter examines demonic women through their relationships with male characters within the play: Volumnia and Gertrude as mothers; Desdemona and Lady Macbeth as wives; Goneril, Regan and Cordelia as daughters; Tamora and Cleopatra as mistresses; and Joan of Arc and Margaret of Anjou as whores and witches...;Renaissance attitudes toward women as expressed in art, theology and philosophy as well as theatre are discussed, together with their contemporary implications to Shakespeare's audience, and present relevance to our own. The conclusion drawn is that Shakespeare's demonic women are an integral contribution to his art as a playwright, and characters who may act as a warning for women to beware women, even now.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

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