Punishing Adultery in A Woman Killed with Kindness

Infidelity and Revenge Fantasies: An Integrative Couple Therapy Approach

“…(Goldberg, 2004) Infidelity remains a prevalent topic within the couple therapy literature and has been identified as a common and challenging clinical problem for both clients and practitioners (Gordon, Baucom, & Snyder, 2008). The latter becomes more pronounced when considering the potential fallout associated with infidelity (e.g., Panek, 1994). For example, reactions to infidelity could conceivably range from indifference to extreme reactions including family disruption (Lusterman, 2005), spouse revenge filicide (Rougé-Maillar, Jousset, Gaudin, Bouju, & Penneau, 2005;West, Friedman, & Resnick, 2009), manslaughter (Sherman & Hoffmann, 2007), murder-suicide (Eliason, 2009), suicide or murder (Scheinkman, 2005), and psychological disorders (Cano & O'Leary, 2000).…”

Hurried to Destruction: Reprobation in Arden of Faversham and A Woman Killed with Kindness

“…47 Jennifer Panek has argued that "Anne is so penitent, she barely hopes for forgiveness. " 48 And while Anne's self-starvation may be seen as a humiliation of her sinful flesh and thus a spiritual purification, such an act would be disconcerting for Protestant audience members. 49 Anne does indeed say, strangely, that if Frankford does not pardon her sin, "Heaven will not clear it. "…”