Paper Topic:

Shakespeare

I . The Role of Females

The Role of Masculine Identity

Dishonesty and Betrayal

Marriage and Society

Much Ado about Nothing

I . The Role of Females As in the typical of the novels and works of William Shakespeare , the female characters always tend to go on some misadventures before finally settling the chaos . The lead female characters in the novel , Beatrice and Hero , are cousins who happen to fall in love with the men who are guests at the house of Hero 's father Leonato . Their identities are contrasting , for

Beatrice is the one who possesses the stronger personality , and on the other hand , Hero , the more prim one . Hero depicts the roles of females in the Shakespearean era : inferior to the men and almost helpless when her honor is ravaged , even by gossip Indirectly , the play dwelled on the status of women in Europe during Shakespeare 's time

A woman 's honor in the era was judged primarily by her pure behavior and her virginity , for when a woman loses her virginity prior to her marriage was synonymous with the sheer loss of honor and dignity , not to mention social disgrace at the hands and the eyes of society , a tragic judgment from which she could never possibly recover . And moreover , to show the utter inferiority of women in the novel , a woman could never choose the man that will be her other half in marriage and women in the era almost depend on the dictates of their families . These traits were all possessed by the docile Hero . But basing on the course of the novel Hero and Beatrice actually symbolize the two different identities : Hero being the epitome of a woman in the era , weak with a weaker personality and yet so beautiful , vulnerable and no different from a slave to her male partner and to the conformities of society too . But the feminine identity was given a significant boost by way of Beatrice 's character Beatrice possesses a contrast to Hero , Beatrice is outgoing , speaks her mind , and makes her own decisions . Hero possesses gullibility Beatrice is clever and witty and epitomizes the strong feminine identity and concepts in the play while Hero lacks all of those , and in turn degrades it . Beatrice even thinks of the notion that the females are the better sex and that women could live even without the care of men . A dear happiness to women they would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitor . I thank God and my cold blood I am of your humor for that : I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swears he loves me (line 126 page 254

Independence is the ever-recurring facet in the feminine plot the play Independence in almost everything . Women like Beatrice choose to have decisions of her own , and all throughout insinuates and blatantly exhibit that she is an intelligent and independent woman , could not be dictated to by any other individual and not just...

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