The function of women in Shakespearean comedy

Although boys fill the roles, Shakespeare's women are not at all masculine either in character or in conduct. They act as we should expect women to do, and they serve the Comic Muse as only women can. I think we shall find that as a general rule they are directing the whip rather than feeling i...

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Main Author: Plank, Patricia Gertrude
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2010
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-07152010-120912/