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Chapter Three argues that The Taming of the Shrew challenges the notion that early modern marriage merely indoctrinated couples into dominant/submissive gender roles, suggesting that Kate deftly works from within marriage to incorporate her wit and sexuality even into her performances of subjection. Chapter Four argues that The Spanish Tragedy's Bel-Imperia only appears to acquiesce in her dynastic arranged marriage so that she can use its very rituals to rebel against familial, political and social order. Chapter Five argues that Titus Andronicus' Lavinia and Tamora disruptively enact the wooing and wedding rituals which reiterate dynastic marriage; their exchanges, betrothals, and marriages thus emphasize that marriage can make the state vulnerable rather than secure.","abstract_html":"In Chapter One I draw on and rethink social history and performance theory to investigate drama's unique and self-conscious role in reshaping marital ideologies. 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