Those examples of poetic justice that----------in medieval and Elizabethan literature, and that seem so satisfying, have encouraged a whole school of twentieth-century scholars to “find”------------ examples. In fact, these scholars have merely----------- victimized characters into a moral framework by which the injustices inflicted on them are, somehow or other, justified. Such scholars deny that the sufferers in a -------------- are innocent; they blame the victims themselves for their tragic fates. Any ----------- is enough to subject a character to critical whips.
Yet it should be remembered that the Renaissance writer Matteo Bandello strongly ------- the injustice of the severe ----------------- issued to women for acts of disobedience that men could, and did, --------------- with virtual impunity. Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Webster often ------------ their readers on the side of their tragic heroines by describing -------------- so cruel that readers cannot but join in protest.
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Those examples of poetic justice that occur in medieval and Elizabethan literature, and that seem so satisfying, have encouraged a whole school of twentieth-century scholars to “find” injustices examples. In f
Those examples of poetic justice that occur in medieval and Elizabethan literature, and that seem so satisfying, have encouraged a whole school of twentieth-century scholars to “find” further examples. In fact, these scholars have merely forced victimized characters into a moral framework b
Those examples of poetic justice that occur in medieval and Elizabethan literature, and that seem so satisfying, have encouraged a whole school of twentieth-century scholars to “find” further examples. In fact, these scholars have merely forced victimized characters into a moral framework b