Bed-trick and forced marriages. Shakespeare’s distortion of romantic comedy motifs in Measure for Measure
Although Measure for Measure ends with marriages and thus looks like a comedy, its ending leaves the audience unsettled. The Problem Plays in general, and Measure for Measure in particular, contrast with Shakespeare’s earlier, “romantic” comedies although one finds in it some of their features and p...
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Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Sillages Critiques |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/2584 |