Gender Identities in Tragedy and Romance

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English

 

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Hilda H

 

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December 25, 2011

 

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University

 

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Despite diffusion of these gender expectations in both time periods (see Dollimore), there are definite behaviors that either lie within the constructs of gender or go beyond patterns accepted as conventional. Female characters in Shakespeare do take on male roles, and whether it is because their true identity is hidden or simply by virtue of their acceptance as non-female, they are able to function in the text in ways that an undisguised female character could not...
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But these behaviors are excessive and ?farcical exaggerations of normal masculine behavior'" (Kahn 109). Behavior suited to a man is prohibited in a woman, since she must be complementary to him, not competitive with him. Women are forced to assume the roles of men over and over in most of Shakespeare's plays...
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