Ambiguous sexuality A Midsummer Night's Dream
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in essay preposterous pleasures: queer theories , midsummer night s dream, douglas e. green explores possible interpretations of alternative sexuality finds within text of play, in juxtaposition proscribed social mores of culture @ time play written. writes essay not (seek to) rewrite midsummer night s dream gay play rather explores of homoerotic significations ... moments of queer disruption , eruption in shakespearean comedy. green states not consider shakespeare have been sexual radical, play represented topsy-turvy world or temporary holiday mediates or negotiates discontents of civilisation, while resolved neatly in story s conclusion, not resolve neatly in real life. green writes sodomitical elements, homoeroticism, lesbianism, , compulsory heterosexuality in story must considered in context of culture of modern england commentary on aesthetic rigidities of comic form , political ideologies of prevailing order. aspects of ambiguous sexuality , gender conflict in story addressed in essays shirley garner , william w.e. slights albeit characters played males.
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