A Midsummer Night's Dream: Women In Elizabethian England
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I think something very interesting in this play is the way in which
woman were seen in Elizabethan England during Shakespeare's day. The play gives
numerous examples of the way woman are treated as second class citizens; for
instance, the laws concerning marriage and the position of men in soci ....
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.... to treat men. Theseus proclaims to Hermia that she should
see her father as a God for he alone is responsible for her being. No mention
is made of Hermia's mother. It seemed to be the view at this time that men were
wholly responsible for the creation of children and woman were just a vessel for
the birthing. Which is curious because one would expect woman to hold a higher
place for giving birth to children, the lifeline to the future.
During the Shakespearean era woman were seen as sec ....
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