"'Riddling Shrift': Confession, Speech, and Power in Romeo and Juliet and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbm8/ Author: Wanninger, Jane. Type: Journal Article Year: 2022 Publication Information: Early Theatre 25, no. 2 (2022): 43–65. DOI: 10.12745/et.25.2.4515 Annotation: Considers narrative and thematic significance of confession in Romeo and Juliet. Argues Shakespeare disrupts power dynamics of confession, troubling relationships between shriving friars and people taking confessions. English summary, 43. Language: English Tags: Romeo and Juliet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare's Milieu WSB Update: Spring 2025 WSB Record Number: bbbm8