Stopping Dramatic Time in Wilde’s “Salome”

Authors

  • Guido Paduano Università di Pisa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/2281-6658/4622

Keywords:

Wilde, Salome, Dramaturgy, Colours, Protagonist

Abstract

This paper deals with the protagonist of Oscar Wilde’s Salome. Throughout the whole play, Salome is a dominant figure, and her soft power ends up annihilating any other form of power – that of Narraboth, that of Herodias, that of Herod, and ultimately even that of Iokanaan. The paper analyses Salome’s power instance by means of a close reading of her rhetorical strategies: by refusing dialogue as a form of interpersonal and dramatic development, Salome halts the dramatic time of the play.

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Published

2020-06-26

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Focus | Sulla carta sulla scena: il caso Salomè