Thomas Dekker Essays
Transforming the Presentation of Gender: Epicene and The Roaring Girl College
The Roaring Girl
‘Oh London…. Thou hast all things in thee to make thee fairest, and all things in thee to make thee foulest: for thou art attir’de like a Bride, drawing all that looke upon thee, to be in love with thee but there is much harlot in thine eyes.’...
The Portrayal of ‘the Other’ and Its Relationship to the City in The Roaring Girl and The Witch of Edmonton. College
The Roaring Girl
“By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could only be given to traveling: namely, the strange” – Jane Jacobs.
In both The Roaring Girl and The Witch of Edmonton the figure of ‘the other’ emerges through the female characters...
‘Depictions of Witches in Early Modern Literature Pander to Gender Stereotypes’: An Analysis of The Witch of Edmonton and Macbeth College
The Witch of Edmonton
Because of the belief in early modern England that women were more susceptible to sin than men,[1] any literary depiction of a witch – the epitome of a woman who has fallen to sin – is a manifestation of, and an example of pandering towards, this...
The Portrayal of ‘the Other’ and Its Relationship to the City in The Roaring Girl and The Witch of Edmonton. College
The Roaring Girl
“By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could only be given to traveling: namely, the strange” – Jane Jacobs.
In both The Roaring Girl and The Witch of Edmonton the figure of ‘the other’ emerges through the female characters...