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confessant [kənˈfɛsənt]
n (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity Chiefly RC Church a person who makes a confession Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | In this transition from confessor to confessant, Hamlet gestures at the possibility of explaining his part in "this chance" and "this act," but this revelation remains deferred and unresolved (5. Bell is presented as an enigma with contradictory qualities: as the narrative progresses she is, through her voice and her husband's rememberings, his comfort, his confessant, his salvation at times of duress, and ultimately his foe. 6) Though Foucault was not interested in exploring gender issues--the whole discussion on the confession refers to a neutral (masculine) confessant despite the overwhelming tradition of women predominantly practicing the act of confession--his analysis of penance is pertinent to our study as it underlines the loss of freedom through a ritual that is 'inscribed at the heart of the procedures of individualization of power'. |
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