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... This life that not a single woman during the Renaissance would ever come close to having is relished by the famous Venetian courtesan, Veronica Franco. ... In her eyes women could be and should be educated therefore making them more intelligent and possibly a more powerful courtesan. ... Franco’s status as a courtesan greatly mounted as she won her over many highly powered men both with her words and her sexual elegance and beauty (Herskovitz 1998). ... ” Franco’s poetry “embodies the power struggle intrinsic” to the life of a courtesan poet (Rosenthal 161). The sixteenth century Venetian world was a world that allowed Franco no other choice than to become a famed courtesan of Venice, but then reprimanded her because she was a “whore. ... Like the confining Venetian society, and in Franco’s hands, a very different and important message was forced into and squeezed out of the tight bindings, both in regards to poetry and society.
Approximate Word count = 1120
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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