The Child as Other in Shakespeare’s Plays

• Authors: Nastić Radmila
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Although there are not many children in Shakespeare’s plays, his treatment of them is quite unique, both for his own time and today. Shakespeare’s children are authentic selves who frequently possess extraordinary intellect and vision. Shakespeare’s introduction of child characters as victims highlights his implicit condemnation of violence as embodied in people in power.

Keywords

EN

child; other; representation; violence.

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: Supplement
• Pages: 1-11

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2012-12-28

Contributors

author

Nastić Radmila

• University of Kragujevac Jovana Cvijica bb, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10320-012-0001-1