The aim of the present paper is to examine the role of women in Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream". The first section investigates women in early modern England and is divided into the subsections "Sex and gender in early modern England" and "Norms of femininity". Section two explores the role of women in the sixteenth century comedy. More precisely, the emphasis here will be upon the analysis of female-female and female-male bonds of the characters in the play.
Table of contents
1. INTRODUCTION.... 1
2. THE SOCIAL SITUATION OF WOMEN IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE.... 2
2.1 SEX AND GENDER IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE.... 2
2.2 SOCIAL NORMS OF FEMININITY IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE.... 3
3. WOMEN IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.... 4
3.1 FEMALE FEMALE BONDS.... 4
3.2 FEMALE MALE BONDS.... 5
4. CONCLUSION.... 7
5. BIBLIOGRAPHY.... 9
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