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S/LI/466. Desdemona's and Cressida's reputation

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DATE:
2010
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29.99 GBP

The paper analyses the female characters of Shakespeare's plays ‘Othello' and ‘Troilus and Cressida' showing how they are treated by men as commodities, and arguing that the reputation of both Desdemona and Cressida depends on their chastity.

 

KEYWORDS: Shakespeare, Othello, Troilus and Cressida, Desdemona and Cressida,

 
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