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Women Beware Women (New Mermaid Series) (Paperback)

by William Carroll (Author)
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  • Paperback
  • Publisher: R.S. Means Company; 2 edition (Jun 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 039390069X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393900699
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.6 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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5.0 out of 5 stars We're all damned - but we love it!, 8 Nov 2000
This review is from: Women Beware Women (New Mermaids) (Paperback)
Middleton was ace, and this play is better than anything by Shakespeare. It is a play for those who see the world as a meat-market, and who can see the cynicism behind the eyes of all self-proclaimed romantics. Middleton sees the human race as a foul and noxious species damned from their births and obsessed only with money, sex and power. 'Women Beware Women' contains not a scrap of hope for any of the characters, and yet despite all that, you love them. Poor Leantio, the humble clerk driven mad with jealous insecurity over his glittering, aristocratic bride; jolly, cynical Livia, the widow who's seen everything, done everything, and has a soft spot for troubled men that drives her to commit hideous crimes; and my favourite, Leantio's cheerfully vulgar Mother, pocketing sweetmeats at Livia's house.

Even better is Middleton's language, beautiful but direct, which punctures all idealism like a jewelled dagger. Shakespeare never wrote anything as satirically harsh as the scenes between Isabella and her revolting fiancee, in which he inspects her teeth, and evaluates her body, in a scintillating attack on the structure of the marriage system, that is still relevant today (except that nowadays, no-one admits it).

This play is fabulous, and is one of the great achievements of the English Renaissance. It's nasty, cutting, and devastating. But you can't deny its truth.

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