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Well, I'm not sure who should be addressed, but after reading Shadowplay I'm on the side of Shakespeare was an underground Catholic who wrote in some pretty simple code. Take my FR handle for example. While I used it more for the opera, Desdemona is pure. She's THE only pure character in all of opera. Her name is an old world sort. She is dressed, usually, as the Blessed Mother. Before she is murdered - by a husband who was tricked into believing she betrayed him, which she didn't - she prays the Hail, Mary. HELLO! Just like Bianca, Hero, Ophelia, Juliet, etc., the pure woman (the Church is always considered a "Her") is betrayed and dies. The whole explanation re Taming of the Shrew alone is worth reading the book. Oh, and the bit on the Montagues is good, too. I need to reread it. Hmmm...something to do while I'm off next week.