The Role of Gender in Shakespeare
The Role of Gender in Shakespeare
By: Zoar Flores
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Introduction
Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabethan Period
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The Great Chain of Being
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Controversy
Example
Video
Homosexuality in Shakespeare
Antonio and Bassanio
Male Superiority
Defining Feminism
Closing Thoughts
References
This short clip of a performance of
Twelfth Night
shows men playing the role of women. Viola's character becomes particularly interesting when it is a man performing the role of a woman, dressed as a man.
Home
Introduction
Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabethan Period
>
The Great Chain of Being
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Controversy
Example
Video
Homosexuality in Shakespeare
Antonio and Bassanio
Male Superiority
Defining Feminism
Closing Thoughts
References