Aug 25, 2014 the rape of lucrece 1594 is a narrative poem by william shakespeare about the legendary lucretia. Accordingly, the rape of lucrece lacks the humorous tone of the earlier poem. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction. Venus and adonis 1593 and the rape of lucrece 1594 are the only works that shakespeare seems to have shepherded through the printing process. Produced in a society that considered itself deeply christian, william shakespeares the rape of lucrece poses an intriguing dilemma for those moralists who would evoke the roman wife lucretia as an emblem of feminine chastity.
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