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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 83
T2  - Cahiers Élisabéthains
SP  - 11-21
ID  - bbbc408
T1  - "Playing God: The Landscape of Resurrection in Romeo and Juliet"
AU  - Emmerichs, Sharon
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
KW  - graveyard
KW  - crypt
KW  - church
KW  - Catholicism
KW  - Protestantism
KW  - Friar Lawrence
KW  - magic
KW  - witchcraft
KW  - pride
LA  - English
AB  - "Discusses Shakespeare's representations of resurrection in Romeo and Juliet in terms of how his characters interact with sacred spaces and the landscape itself, such as the graveyard, the crypt, and the church." Examines the conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism as well as "Shakespeare's own seeming skepticism regarding the act of resurrection itself," "focus[ing] on Friar Lawrence specifically and argu[ing] that because he employs Catholic ideals, beliefs and characteristics that relate to early modern concepts of magic and witchcraft, and because he interacts with the landscape in culturally taboo ways, he contributes to the lovers' downfall and shares Satan's sin of pride" so that "resurrection [. . .] becomes the vehicle through which Shakespeare's characters seal their doom." English and French summaries, ix.
ER  -