<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The garden is a powerful imagery in Shakespeare history plays, yet the sea also plays an important role. By discussing episodes and metaphors related to the sea in Shakespeare’s first tetralogy, this paper aims to demonstrate Shakespeare’s macro-spatial perspective of England as an island, whose history is influenced by elements on and across the sea. The paper also examines Shakespeare’s dramatization of women’s interconnections with the sea. It attempts to contextualize Shakespeare’s dramatic representation of the sea and of women within English Renaissance maritime culture.</p></abstract>

The garden is a powerful imagery in Shakespeare history plays, yet the sea also plays an important role. By discussing episodes and metaphors related to the sea in Shakespeare’s first tetralogy, this paper aims to demonstrate Shakespeare’s macro-spatial perspective of England as an island, whose history is influenced by elements on and across the sea. The paper also examines Shakespeare’s dramatization of women’s interconnections with the sea. It attempts to contextualize Shakespeare’s dramatic representation of the sea and of women within English Renaissance maritime culture.

THE SEA AND WOMEN IN SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST TETRALOGY

Chang Gung University, Taiwan 259 Wen-Hwa 1st Road, Kwei-Shan Tao-Yuan,Taiwan

Gender Studies

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The garden is a powerful imagery in Shakespeare history plays, yet the sea also plays an important role. By discussing episodes and metaphors related to the...

THE SEA AND WOMEN IN SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST TETRALOGY

Published Online: Feb 14, 2014

Page range: 68 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2013-0005

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