Shakespeare's Restorations of the FatherDavid Sundelson argues that the development of Shakespeare's career and the plays themselves reveal patterns of concern with and conflict over parental authority, fraternal rivalry, homosexuality, and male and female sex roles. In particular, in his readings of the plays, he shows that the loss or weakness of a father -- figures at once attractive and perversely manipulative -- is central to Shakespeare's work. -- from book jacket. |
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... Orlando's more efficient declaration to his older brother in As You Like It : " I have as much of my father in me as you , albeit I confess your coming before me is nearer to his reverence " ( I.i.48–49 ) . Power , whether political or ...
... Orlando's more efficient declaration to his older brother in As You Like It : " I have as much of my father in me as you , albeit I confess your coming before me is nearer to his reverence " ( I.i.48–49 ) . Power , whether political or ...
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... Orlando's adventures in the first two acts of As You Like It recapitulate the fraternal and Oedipal conflicts that dominate the major history plays . Once again , the two conflicts are closely connected : Orlando's " tyrant brother ...
... Orlando's adventures in the first two acts of As You Like It recapitulate the fraternal and Oedipal conflicts that dominate the major history plays . Once again , the two conflicts are closely connected : Orlando's " tyrant brother ...
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... Orlando become a man while remaining a son . Orlando's struggles with other men dominate the first part of As You Like It and then recede into the background , and the middle comedies as a group present the same shift of attention ...
... Orlando become a man while remaining a son . Orlando's struggles with other men dominate the first part of As You Like It and then recede into the background , and the middle comedies as a group present the same shift of attention ...
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