The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 15.1054 Thursday, 13 May 2004
From: Jack Heller <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Wednesday, 12 May 2004 06:59:58 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 15.1048 Touchstone and the Gods
Comment: Re: SHK 15.1048 Touchstone and the Gods
I don't think we can use the "avoiding censorship for blasphemy" answer
to explain the gods in AYLI. After all, Hymen shows up in act five.
Unless Hecate counts in Macbeth, I can't think offhand of any other gods
showing up in Shakespeare's plays.
Jack Heller
Huntington College
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