Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Expressing the Self

In "A King and No King," letter-writing is crucial: Arbaces claims that letters ignited his passion and Panthea tries to calm him through letters. In another scene, Arbaces alludes to incest, but it is only when it is directly "uttered" that he has a physical/emotional reaction to the idea. How does writing/utterance function in this play?

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