SOURCE: “Woman, Language, and History in The Rape of Lucrece,” in Shakespeare Survey, Vol. 44, 1992, pp. 33-39.
In the following essay, Berry asserts that Lucrece is not simply a victim of patriarchal power, but that she more importantly functions as a strong voice for action and political change.
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