ENGL 3120 Lecture Notes - Bonduca, Ensemble Cast, Protestantism
19 Nov 2012
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Early modern plays don"t have to have a protagonist. Queens men didn"t have a star they had an ensemble cast. Not about the individual-it is about the group. Initial blame is the daughter talia: becomes ambitious, scheming wife-against the protestant, innocent wife. Luther, wife"s duties, naturalness of the duties at home. Bodily defects of a woman, sick with ambition. Berates tarquin for his lack of ambition (her husband) Drawing on the discourse of the humours, used to justify women not being a part of public life. Haywood invites the audience to judge valarious" actions with the. Providing a character onstage that is linked to the audience, how the audience would see themselves. Lucrecious: direct comparison between the feminine virtues of his daughter and the masculine features talia possesses. -vision of lucreses in her speech: object of discipline, he inflicts physical wounds in his speech-purity to lucreses blood. Red bull theatre: for spectacle, where this play was performed.
