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Unknown
The restless 'I' threading Roswitha's plays, a voice that confesses its own pagan longings even as it prays for the strength to renounce them.
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Also known as I, myself, mine
First appearance: gallicanus
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This narrator is Roswitha herself, the 'strong voice of Gandersheim,' who frames the plays with a confession that she loves Terence's polished style yet fears his wicked matter. That tension — between the seductive…
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- Hermits and Repentant Sinners
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Drusiana’s desperate plea for death to preserve her chastity and prevent another’s sin represents the emotiona…
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