Female Sexuality at Sea in Heywood’s Fair Maid of the West and Shakespeare’s Pericles

From the mermaid to the female Naval officer, the relationship between women and the sea in history and literature is complicated. Seamen had traditionally had conflicting superstitions, including the position of women on board, and the sense of conflict overflowed the two early modern dramas - the maid of the western part of Heywood and the pellicle of Shakespeare. Beth and Marina are the main female characters of these two plays, they walk well between captives and ocean masters. The same can be said among female characters. Each male's role is played.

The Western maid is two plays: the first part is the original, the second part is the sequel. As they are printed together, they look like unified ten players, but this makes the relationship between the parts look more intuitive than it actually is. Heywood's writing history is long, writing the first part during the reign of Elizabeth, seems to write the second part after thirty years. In this way, the plot is continuous, but the dramatic idioms are still making definitive progress. With historical intervals between scripts, you can measure the distance between the theatrical world of 1600 and 1630.

From the mermaid to the female Naval officer, the relationship between women and the sea in history and literature is complicated. Seamen had traditionally had conflicting superstitions, including the position of women on board, and the sense of conflict overflowed the two early modern dramas - the maid of the western part of Heywood and the pellicle of Shakespeare. - In the history of ancient Greece, we were able to find and understand the many major wars that occurred. One of the most destructive and important wars in Greek history was a Peloponnesos war. The war lasted 27 years, Sparta, Athens and its allies suffered a tremendous loss of life and economic turmoil. The reason why this war is so important is the influence on Athens and its political regime.

A clever and competent politician named Pellicle survived the Athens pellicle, was fair in most of its golden years, has gained the support of 32 years. He is a skilled politician, a moving lecturer, and a respected general. He governed the lives of Athens from 461 BC to 429 BC. This period is often called pellicle era. He has three goals. (1) strengthening the democracy of Athens, (2) the support and strengthening of the empire, and (3) the praise of Athens. To strengthen democratic reinforcement democracy, Pellicle has increased the number of civil servants receiving wages. Prior to Athens, most official posts were outstanding. Therefore, only wealthy Athens citizens can retain public status. Now even the citizens of the poorest are able to offer services by being elected and screened. As a result, the number of citizens participating in the autonomy of Athens is larger than any other city state in Greece. With this reform, Athens has become one of the most democratic governments in history.