... ambiguities of feminine silence [and this] should make critics wary of too hastily judging Volumnia's." 5 Indeed Volumnia's silence, when viewed with other characters written in the period in mind, might be considered a turning point for the play, and change the dynamic of the climax, such that Coriolanus" sacrifice ... the play, in the same way that the characters in many of the comedies are silent. Viola's love for Orsino must remain unrequited in Twelfth Night due to a silence imposed by her masquerade. 7 An inability of Hermia to convey her desperation in her love for Lysander forces...

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