Actions and Transactions in Andromaque

Michael Moriarty

Jump to Content

Chapter 2 Actions and Transactions in Andromaque

In: Racine's Andromaque

Author:

Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty
Search for other papers by Michael Moriarty in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

Type:: Chapter

Pages:: 24–43

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004415065_004

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

€42.00€35.00 excl. VAT

Add to Cart

Redeem Access Token

Abstract

The chapter deals with the motif of substitution in the play, Before the play, the child Astyanax has been saved by the substitution of another child to be sacrificed in his place. During the play the major characters attempt to resolve conflicts by offering themselves as substitutes or other people as substitutes for themselves. The chapter integrates the theme of substitution within a larger context of bargaining, evoked by the vocabulary of purchase, and set against an impossible ideal of disinterested magnanimity and of retribution.

Citation Info

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share link with colleague or librarian

You can email a link to this page to a colleague or librarian:
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://brill.edhh.ma/abstract/book/9789004415065/BP000009.xml
The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.

Link copied successfully

Collapse
Expand

Racine's Andromaque

Absences and Displacements

Series: Faux Titre, Volume: 436

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004415065

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 17 Sep 2019

Subjects

Front Matter

Back Matter

Metrics

	All Time	Past 365 days	Past 30 Days
Abstract Views	579	200	13
Full Text Views	15	1	0
PDF Views & Downloads	19	2	0

African Studies	Education	Media Studies
American Studies	History	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Ancient Near East and Egypt	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Musicology
Art History	International Law	Philosophy
Asian Studies	International Relations	Religious Studies
Biblical Studies	Jewish Studies	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Biology	Languages and Linguistics	Social Sciences
Book History and Cartography	Life Sciences	Theology and World Christianity
Classical Studies	Literature and Cultural Studies

Subjects

Authors

Open Access

Product Information

Company

Contact

Chapter 2 Actions and Transactions in Andromaque

Abstract

Citation Info

Share link with colleague or librarian

Racine's Andromaque

Absences and Displacements

Table of Contents

Metrics

Metrics