Jane Grey by
"Elegant and tightly executed (no pun intended), ‘Jane Gray’ condemns the fetishization of Jane’s beauty and her reduction by the historical narrative to a ’martyr.’”-Megan Grumbling for the Portland Pheonix.
Jane Grey has just been named Queen of England, but her reign will not last long.
Throughout her short 9 day rule, the young queen struggles to find her identity in a world...
Jane Grey has just been named Queen of England, but her reign will not last long.
Throughout her short 9 day rule, the young queen struggles to find her identity in a world...
"Elegant and tightly executed (no pun intended), ‘Jane Gray’ condemns the fetishization of Jane’s beauty and her reduction by the historical narrative to a ’martyr.’”-Megan Grumbling for the Portland Pheonix.
Jane Grey has just been named Queen of England, but her reign will not last long.
Throughout her short 9 day rule, the young queen struggles to find her identity in a world where everyone is trying to tell her who-and what-she is.
When tragedy strikes and Jane is left to face the unthinkable, she realizes that there is no beauty in her situation, despite what those around her say, and that maybe her legacy shouldn't be one of beauty after all.
"Jane Grey" deconstructs the trope of the beautiful female tragedy and illustrates that there is no loveliness where there is no autonomy.
Jane Grey has just been named Queen of England, but her reign will not last long.
Throughout her short 9 day rule, the young queen struggles to find her identity in a world where everyone is trying to tell her who-and what-she is.
When tragedy strikes and Jane is left to face the unthinkable, she realizes that there is no beauty in her situation, despite what those around her say, and that maybe her legacy shouldn't be one of beauty after all.
"Jane Grey" deconstructs the trope of the beautiful female tragedy and illustrates that there is no loveliness where there is no autonomy.