And then, at tea…the ice cake loomed in the centre of the table like a marble grave. (Dylan Thomas, A Child’s Christmas in Wales)
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The Corrupting Effects of Food
In my last post I wrote about apricots in The Duchess of Malfi and how they are used to ascertain the Duchess’s suspected pregnancy. Once the pregnancy – and the Duchess’s marriage to her steward Antonio, her social inferior – are confirmed, the Duchess’s villainous brothers set out to destroy her and her family (see http://frompagetoplate.com/2014/05/25/apricots/)
The idea that food, rather than being a form of celebration or sustenance, can have a more malevolent side to it, is a popular idea in early 17th century Jacobean revenge drama. Continue reading “The Corrupting Effects of Food”