The Rape Of Lucrece
Lucrece is described as if she were a work of art, objectified in as if she were a material possession. Tarquin's rape of her is described as if she were a fortress under attack -- conquering her various physical attributes. Although Lucrece is raped, the poem offers an apology to absolve her of...
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Lucrece is described as if she were a work of art, objectified in as if she were a material possession. Tarquin's rape of her is described as if she were a fortress under attack -- conquering her various physical attributes. Although Lucrece is raped, the poem offers an apology to absolve her of guilt. Like Shakespeare's other raped women, Lucrece gains symbolic value: through her suicide, her body metamorphoses into a political symbol.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781595477125 (1595477128)
ASIN: 1595477128
Publish date: 2008-04-11
Publisher: NuVision Publications, LLC
Pages no: 56
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
College,
Poetry,
Fiction
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