"You Learn Me Noble Thankfulness": Restoring a Graceful Cycle of Giving and Receiving in Much Ado About Nothing

While it is well known that the names of Beatrice and Benedick mean "the one who blesses" and "the one who is blessed," their exchange of blessing has a richer significance than is usually recognized. Blessing represents not only the dynamics of a happy marriage, but a model of e...

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Main Author: Patrick, Patricia Davis (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dep. 2020
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2020, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 45-66
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Much ado about nothing / Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, Philosophus -65, De beneficiis / Church of England, Verfasserschaft1, Book of common prayer / Blessing / Marriage / Concord
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDE Anglican Church
NCC Social ethics
NCF Sexual ethics
TB Antiquity
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Social stability
B Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
B Beatrice & Benedick (Book)
B Marriage
B Commodification
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