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- Title
SHAKESPEARE'S USE OF GOLDING'S OVID AS SOURCE FOR TITUS ANDRONICUS.
- Authors
Taylor, Anthony Brian
- Abstract
The article presents the argument that William Shakespeare used Golding's translation of Ovid as a souced for his drama "Titus Andronicus." Shakespeare's use of the story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela is reflected primarily in the play's crises, the rape and mutilation of Lavinia in the forest and the cannibalistic feast at its climax. Shakespeare is also indebted for the play's as an emblem of female cruelty. Ovid emphasizes what is happening by comparing Tereus, Philomela, and Procne, as they become embroiled in the story's savagery, to ferocious animals in a series of chilling smiles and a particular feature of his story is the cruelty of women.
- Subjects
DRAMA; CRUELTY; CRISES; OFFENSES against the person; VIOLENCE; LITERATURE
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 1988, Vol 35, Issue 4, p449
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/nq/35-4-449