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Shakespeare's depiction of women in his plays
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Shakespeare's depiction of women in his plays
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(Hook). Mary Cecilia Rogers, whose body was discovered on July 28, 1841 in the waters along New Jersey shore created enough sensation to be in the annals of New York City history. Newspapers and books were made, talking about the disappearance and death of Mary Rogers. One of the most popular book written about Mary was called “The Mystery of Marie Roget” by Edgar Allan Poe with the help of Auguste Dupin. It took a lot of trials and errors, but it was never figured out to how Mary had died.
Elizabeth Báthory: The Blood Countess of Hungary The myth of the vampire, and most often of Dracula, is one of the most prevalent in horror and mythology today. While this is most often traced back to Bram Stoker’s inspiration, Vlad Dracul, a more hidden but just as violently terrible and prolific killer brings to light many of the common conceptions of vampires and monsters in horror today: Elizabeth Báthory, the 14th-15th century “vampire” who is known for her beauty, sexuality, and affinity for torture and blood. The Myth Born in 1560 or 1561, Erzsébet Báthory (known popularly by the anglicized form Elizabeth) was the daughter of two Báthory nobles and later became the Countess of Hungary.
Olivia Lynch Mrs. Butterfield AP Lit 5/1/16 When you are ready to dive into the vast world of Shakespeare, you can begin by using what is known as a critical lens. The lens that may help you understand the background details of one of Shakespeare’s plays would be the Historical lens. Although there are many different lens that you can use to interpret a story, the Historical Lens is a great lens to dive into to find what really influenced the great ideas of William Shakespeare as he wrote Hamlet including the role gender plays, the comparison of Elizabeth Tudor, and the religious incorporation throughout the play. First, we can take the Historical Lens and dive into the idea of how gender roles were highly represented in Hamlet
The actresses playing “male characters required audience members to take a leap of faith that theatre normally asked in order to bridge the gender chasm created between actress and role” (Cobrin 51). Bernhardt’s portrayal of young male characters presented her audience with a chance to intimately scrutinize, admire, objectify, challenge, accept, and analyze the presence of Sarah Bernhardt as an aging woman. Unlike the conventional idea of older bodies fading away from the public eye, Bernhardt's body demanded attention and was not shy to be
She has proven herself as a bizzare, independent and strong or in other words she is lady of situations in it real sense due to her manipulative tactics. But the hypocrisy of the situation lies in the fact that still she is very determined to live her life according to the norms of the society around her, as the era depicted in the play is the time of 19 century. This interesting case, Hedda can be analyzed by the hints from her past and the lines of dialogue especially her slips of tongue. She is a female but she defies the demands of patriarchal society.
For numerous years in the past, women always play a smaller role in society politically, economically, and socially than men do. This was a norm for everyone living during that time period; everything that people do was reflect by it, including the literature written. In William Shakespeare 's Hamlet, the roles of women are just as society would have displayed them during that time. The leading women, Gertrude and Ophelia, are seen as less valuable than men and insignificant because of their dependence on male authorities, obedience, and are easily manipulated by others throughout the play.
