"Woman, be considerate of women" - Woman, be considerate of women

Japanese: 《女よ女に心せよ》 - おんなよおんなにこころせよ
"Woman, be considerate of women" - Woman, be considerate of women

...These include pastoral romantic comedies such as The Spanish Gypsy (premiered in 1623; the following year of premiere), a series of social satire comedies such as The Law of Making an Old Man a Duck (c. 1605), several problematic tragedies such as The Chaste Maid of Cheapside (1611), political satire such as The Chess Game (1624), which depicts the conflict between England and Spain through the game of chess, and grim tragedies such as The Woman, Beware of Woman (1625?) and The Changeling (1622), which trace the way inexperienced women fall into evil through temptation and impulse. The dry satire and alienating technique seen throughout these works make it difficult to identify his literary characteristics, and there is constant disagreement over the identification of the authors of works that are considered to be his.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Women, be careful of other women" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その中には《スペインのジプシー》(1623初演。以下初演年)のような牧歌的ロマンティック・コメディ,《老人をかもにする法》(1605ころ)をはじめとする一連の社会風刺喜劇,《チープサイドの貞節な乙女》(1611)によって代表される幾編かの問題性をはらんだ悲喜劇,イギリスとスペインの抗争をチェスに擬して表した《チェス・ゲーム》(1624)といった政治風刺劇,世慣れない女が誘惑と衝動によって悪の道に堕ちてゆくさまをたどった《女よ女に心せよ》(1625?)や《チェンジリング》(1622)などの陰惨な悲劇がある。これらを貫いて見られる乾いた風刺と異化的手法は,彼の作家的特徴を特定することを困難にしており,彼の作品とされるものにおける作者認定をめぐって異論が絶えない。…

※「《女よ女に心せよ》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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