SOURCE: Streitberger, W. R. “Ideal Conduct in Venus and Adonis.” Shakespeare Quarterly 26, no. 3 (summer 1975): 285-91.
In the following essay, Streitberger stresses the moral themes of Venus and Adonis, and views Adonis as the embodiment of the young nobleman faced with a dilemma between duty and the temptation to neglect responsibility.
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