Lady Macbeth and Us. Power, Body and Desire

Aim of the study is to analyze some traits of the women’s identity  as they emerge during the Early modern age. The analysis is focused on some passages from Macbeth, the Shakespeare’s play, related to the metamorfical and absolute (both feminine and masculine) figure of Lady Macbeth. The study proc...

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Main Author: Tiziana de Rogatis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UNICApress 2013-06-01
Series:Between
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Online Access:http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/980
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description Aim of the study is to analyze some traits of the women’s identity  as they emerge during the Early modern age. The analysis is focused on some passages from Macbeth, the Shakespeare’s play, related to the metamorfical and absolute (both feminine and masculine) figure of Lady Macbeth. The study proceeds in the analysis going through the close reading and to the psychoanalitic interpretation and, besides, to  the hystorical reconstrution of the visibile figures (especially Elizabeth I), which have inspired the Lady Macbeth’s figure and her crossing the genders
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spelling doaj.art-5c3d444351fb49adb23e2ee9a0f9e28e2023-09-02T15:10:08ZengUNICApressBetween2039-65972013-06-013510.13125/2039-6597/980617Lady Macbeth and Us. Power, Body and DesireTiziana de RogatisAim of the study is to analyze some traits of the women’s identity  as they emerge during the Early modern age. The analysis is focused on some passages from Macbeth, the Shakespeare’s play, related to the metamorfical and absolute (both feminine and masculine) figure of Lady Macbeth. The study proceeds in the analysis going through the close reading and to the psychoanalitic interpretation and, besides, to  the hystorical reconstrution of the visibile figures (especially Elizabeth I), which have inspired the Lady Macbeth’s figure and her crossing the gendershttp://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/980Gender StudiesClose ReadingMetamorphosis of the Imaginary
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Lady Macbeth and Us. Power, Body and Desire
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Gender Studies
Close Reading
Metamorphosis of the Imaginary
title Lady Macbeth and Us. Power, Body and Desire
title_full Lady Macbeth and Us. Power, Body and Desire
title_fullStr Lady Macbeth and Us. Power, Body and Desire
title_full_unstemmed Lady Macbeth and Us. Power, Body and Desire
title_short Lady Macbeth and Us. Power, Body and Desire
title_sort lady macbeth and us power body and desire
topic Gender Studies
Close Reading
Metamorphosis of the Imaginary
url http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/980
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