Hanna Gęba
Biographic Data
| ID | 9937022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hanna Gęba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Gęba |
| SIGNATURE | GĘBA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-8046-424X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Ambiguity of Milk
This article discuses the motif of lactation in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Breastfeeding was an ambiguous phenomenon for Shakespeare’s contemporaries – it meant both an absolute power over the nursing child and an act of self-sacrifice, often out of love. It is no coincidence that Lady Macbeth admits she “had given suck” and that in her monologue directed to “spirits” she asks them to “take her milk for gall” in order to do dark deeds. The ar…
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The Ambiguity of Milk
This article discuses the motif of lactation in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Breastfeeding was an ambiguous phenomenon for Shakespeare’s contemporaries – it meant both an absolute power over the nursing child and an act of self-sacrifice, often out of love. It is no coincidence that Lady Macbeth admits she “had given suck” and that in her monologue directed to “spirits” she asks them to “take her milk for gall” in order to do dark deeds. The ar…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 work) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (1 work) · Lactation (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Pregnancy (1 work)