Within Horner’s chapter of Saint Lives,” it is noted that “When [Margaret] rejects the torturer’s advances, he responds by graphic threats of violence…” It is also stated that, “as [Margaret] prays to maintain her virginity, however, her literal body is being pierced and lacerated, literally opened up so horrifically…” What about Olybryus seems familiar from previous readings, particularly from Kate Manne’s Down Girl? What does the king’s focus on Margaret’s body and Margaret’s lack of concern for her mortal body say about each of them?
March 12, Saint Margaret
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