'Baleful Weeds and Precious-Juiced Flowers': Romeo and Juliet and Renaissance Medical Discourse
This thesis claims that Shakespeare exaggerated the characterization of two figures in Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence and the apothecary, to make a statement about the conditions of medical treatment in sixteenth century London. These two figures represent two very different approaches to healing,...
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LSU
2003
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0326103-192448/ |