Royal Marriages in Shakespeare's History Plays and Queen Elizabeth's Marriage Prospects

鄭惠芳(Wai-Fong Cheang)

《小說與戲劇》 19卷2期 (2009/10) Pp. 25-57

並列摘要

Within a Renaissance cultural context prescribing women's subservience to men, the toughest problem for an unmarried female monarch was to attain a desirable marriage that would not jeopardize her absolute authority and through which she could obtain an heir. This problem troubled Queen Elizabeth and generated enormous anxiety among her people. This paper argues that such anxiety was circulated into the dramatization of royal marriage arrangements in Shakespeare's history plays. It attempts to show that the general message one can infer from the negative dramatization of royal marriages in these nine history plays is not dissimilar to the theme of Stubbs's anti-Anjou pamphlet.

並列關鍵字

Shakespeare ； history plays ； Queen Elizabeth ； marriage ； women's subservience

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