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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Language: | en |
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University of Saskatchewan
2010
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Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-07152010-120912/ |