Women and Insanity in English Renaissance Drama
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Studia Historica Gedanensia, 2024, Tom 15 (2024)/2, s. 197-204
https://doi.org/10.4467/23916001HG.24.028.20456Autorzy
Women and Insanity in English Renaissance Drama
The following article presents how in the sixteenth century England, thanks to the increased awarness of the problems with mental disorders, the stories of madness entered the world of Renaissance drama and appeared in the works of numerous writers. As early modern culture and literature made attempts to understand female melancholy or insanity, particular focus is given to the characters of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the Duchess in John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi. The thorough analysis of the texts shows that contrary to the then common belief that all women’s illness and irrationality derived from the womb, those were, too a great degree, social constraints which affected women and pushed them into insanity. Oppressive, male dominant and chaotic socjety either pushed women into a state of complete madness, which subsequently results in death or it is the madness, confusion and chaos around them that was the cause of their death.
Informacje: Studia Historica Gedanensia, 2024, Tom 15 (2024)/2, s. 197-204
Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy
Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach
ul. Stefana Żeromskiego 5, Kielce, Polska
Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach
ul. Stefana Żeromskiego 5, Kielce, Polska
Publikacja: 30.12.2024
Status artykułu: Otwarte
Licencja: Żadna
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Angielski