1. Body Politic in Aracadia
The body politic is a concept born in a platonic world of ideals, eternal and a paradigm of political leadership, magnanimity, entirely separate from the body natural, this division enabled Elizabeth to disassociate her role as Queen from her inferior female body. ... The physical representation of Cleophila is paramount, Sidney has redefined the success of female leadership, inverting the theory of the King's two bodies Cleophila could be interpreted as a literalisation of Elizabeth, bearing all outward signs of femininity, but remains male in the body politic. ... It is here that we ...
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