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Twelfth Night Act 1 Scene 2

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In Act 1 Scene 1 to Act 1 Scene 2, I could tell that women in the Shakespearean era couldn’t do anything without a chaperon who is a man. When Olivia’s brother died she couldn’t do anything, when Viola found out her brother is apparently dead, she had to disguise herself as a man to survive and find a job in IIlyria because that’s the only way she would get to do anything in that era. Women did not have any rights, they weren’t classified as humans but almost as toys that men would play with. This song is very appropriate because it highlights those things, for example “This world is forcing me to hold your hand” society has told them they need a man because they can’t do anything for themselves. At the chorus it says “'Cause I'm just a girl,
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