The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.2282  Friday, 8 December 2000

From:           Karen Peterson-Kranz <
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Date:           Thursday, 7 Dec 2000 11:22:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: 11.2254 Re: Penalty for Murder
Comment:        Re: SHK 11.2254 Re: Penalty for Murder

> - there are some pages on
> OTHELLO but no
> mention of the particular case of a husband
> murdering his adulterous
> wife.

Wouldn't the more exact particulars be a husband murdering a wife whom
the arresting officials knew NOT to be adulterous, with the (possibly)
mitigating circumstance that the husband firmly believed that she was,
indeed, so?

Just a quibble.  Sorry.

Cheers,
Karen Peterson-Kranz