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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Page 114
... Sycorax my dam and she " ( III.ii. 100-101 ) sounds startlingly like Miranda's con- fession : Nor have I seen More that I may call men than you , good friend , And my dear father . ( III.i.50–52 ) Nature and nurture do not always ...
... Sycorax my dam and she " ( III.ii. 100-101 ) sounds startlingly like Miranda's con- fession : Nor have I seen More that I may call men than you , good friend , And my dear father . ( III.i.50–52 ) Nature and nurture do not always ...
Page 120
... Sycorax " grown into a hoop " ( I.ii. 259 ) ; Ferdinand in a circle is the opposite of Ferdinand the thrusting swimmer . The food Prospero mentions confirms such a reading : " wither'd roots " re- call the withering Prospero himself ...
... Sycorax " grown into a hoop " ( I.ii. 259 ) ; Ferdinand in a circle is the opposite of Ferdinand the thrusting swimmer . The food Prospero mentions confirms such a reading : " wither'd roots " re- call the withering Prospero himself ...
Page 151
... Sycorax , 110-111 , 123 The Taming of the Shrew , 14 , 17 , 25 Tamora , 123 , 124 The Tempest , 5-6 , 16 ; altruistic surrender and , 121 ; Caliban's symbolic value and , 112-115 ; father and daughter and , 106–108 ; Ferdinand and ...
... Sycorax , 110-111 , 123 The Taming of the Shrew , 14 , 17 , 25 Tamora , 123 , 124 The Tempest , 5-6 , 16 ; altruistic surrender and , 121 ; Caliban's symbolic value and , 112-115 ; father and daughter and , 106–108 ; Ferdinand and ...
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