Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Cymbeline II

The insidious figure of the Queen is counter-poised with the figure of Innogen (sounding roughly like "innocence"). It would seem that there are only really two roles for women to play in this political drama; juxtaposed against one another, is the play illuminating the chauvinism of the political arena or embodying it? Are there other ways that that discourse (and its actors) is gendered?

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