SUMMERS, KAREN CRADY, Ph.D. Reading Incest - The University ...
SUMMERS, KAREN CRADY, Ph.D. Reading Incest - The University ...
SUMMERS, KAREN CRADY, Ph.D. Reading Incest - The University ...
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91<br />
And in the derke forthe sche goth,<br />
Til sche him toucheth, and he wroth,<br />
And after hire with his honde<br />
He smot: and thus whan sche him fond<br />
Desesed, courtaisly sche saide,<br />
“Avoi, mi lord, I am a maide,<br />
And if ye wiste what I am,<br />
And out of what lignage I cam,<br />
Ye wolde noght be so salvage.”<br />
. . .<br />
And yit the fader ate last<br />
His herte upon this maide caste,<br />
That he hire loveth kindley,<br />
And yit he wiste nevere why. (Confessio Amantis VIII.1691-1708)<br />
Instinctively Apollonius feels an attraction for the girl and loves her, but, importantly, he<br />
is naturally repelled by the possibility of any physical, sexual contact. This repulsion<br />
demonstrates his innate decency and propriety, characteristics of a good king. <strong>The</strong> scene<br />
is greatly abridged in Pericles:<br />
I am a maid,<br />
My lord, that ne'er before invited eyes,<br />
. . .<br />
My derivation was from ancestors<br />
Who stood equivalent with mighty kings:<br />
. . .<br />
(PERICLES) My fortunes--parentage--good parentage--<br />
To equal mine!--was it not thus? what say you?<br />
(MARINA) I said, my lord, if you did know my parentage,<br />
You would not do me violence. (Pericles V.1.85-101 italics mine)<br />
Marina speaks as if she had suffered a physical attack, but violence had not been<br />
threatened here, nor had there been any physical contact between them. Recognition