The babylonian woman as heroine in dekker’s drama

Abstract EN

The present research paper provides an analysis of Thomas Dekker’s exaltation of the figure of the Babylonian woman as a tragic heroine in his dramatic art.

The paper falls into two sections.

The first section outlines the deliberate mispresentation of the figure of the Babylonian woman in the Bible and the misreading of that figure.

The second section reveals Dekker’s rectification of the distorted image of the Babylonian woman, whom he defends and glorifies as a heroine and a victim of misinterpretation and conspiracy.