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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... father's scepter , but not a child's nourishment . Aumerle provides a taste of that nourishment , of the indulgent tenderness that a child might expect from his mother , but his pity takes second place to plans for action . As a purer ...
... father's scepter , but not a child's nourishment . Aumerle provides a taste of that nourishment , of the indulgent tenderness that a child might expect from his mother , but his pity takes second place to plans for action . As a purer ...
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... fathers " ( I.i.75 ) , but the citizens know better : " If the wars eat us not up , they will " ( I.i.82-83 ) . The royal father who threatens to starve or even devour his subjects instead of feeding them also appears in 1 Henry IV ...
... fathers " ( I.i.75 ) , but the citizens know better : " If the wars eat us not up , they will " ( I.i.82-83 ) . The royal father who threatens to starve or even devour his subjects instead of feeding them also appears in 1 Henry IV ...
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... father and your brother too " ( V.ii. 57 ) . Now Henry confers this dou- ble identity , with its double strength , on his soldiers . Bringing the future into the present , he converts each one into a good man teach- ing his son , in an ...
... father and your brother too " ( V.ii. 57 ) . Now Henry confers this dou- ble identity , with its double strength , on his soldiers . Bringing the future into the present , he converts each one into a good man teach- ing his son , in an ...
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