Roles in the plays
- in more than half of Shakespeare?s plays, women have the most important role
- often, they are cleverer and braver than men and they take the initiative in order to save someone else?s life, whereas men remain passive (Portia)
- Shakespeare had no heroes, only heroines -most of these are faultless, steadfast in
grave hope and errorless purpose
- the wittiest and most playful of these heroines is Beatrice: she forsakes her pride and her contempt after she realizes that she has fought against her inclinations long enough and that she is attracted to Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing)
-> especially these energetic, intelligent and ready-witted women were uncommon in the Elizabethan age, but they delighted the spectators most
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Love between women and men and their relationship
- women throw themselves at the necks of the men they have decided to love without much understatement but with utter abandon
- Shakespeare?s heroines are taught by the force of feeling and they are ruled by love
- Shakespeare seems to take it for granted that if a girl is really in love, she will marry the man who has won her heart - no matter what stands in the way
- often, love turns to hate and disgust and men start to regard all women as prostitutes (Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing)
-> women are often innocent victims of masculine jealousy and paranoia (Desdemona in Othello / Hero in Much Ado About Nothing)
- different relationships between wife and husband
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