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The function of women in Shakespearean comedy

dc.creatorPlank, Patricia Gertrudeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-15T12:09:12Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-04T04:45:01Z
dc.date.available2011-07-15T08:00:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-01-04T04:45:01Z
dc.date.created1944en_US
dc.date.issued1944en_US
dc.date.submitted1944en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough boys fill the roles, Shakespeare's women are not at all masculine either in character or in conduct. They act as we should expect women to do, and they serve the Comic Muse as only women can. I think we shall find that as a general rule they are directing the whip rather than feeling its sting. They punish men for disregarding the social pattern or for over­emphasizing it. As far as any generalization about the sexes is true, it is probably fair to say that women are more practical than men. They are less deceived by forms and more likely to obey the dictates of common sense, because theories and abstract ideas do not interest them greatly. Hence women are usually, although not always, on the side of normality. Most often we shall find them cooperating with the Comic Muse, her hand-maidens rather than her victims.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-07152010-120912en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.titleThe function of women in Shakespearean comedyen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US

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