1. Shakespeare in Love: A Woman in a Man's Profession
This theory is stabilised via many of his female characters such as Lady Macbeth and Gertrude in Hamlet, as according to Dall (2000): "Through Gertrude's marriage to Hamlet's uncle and also through Lady Macbeth's unbridled political ambition, Shakespeare dramatizes real political concerns that evolved from and during the reign of Elizabeth Tudor.... For example, Shakespeare cleverly outlined the masculine qualities needed to portray an ambitious and elevated Lady Macbeth, by qualifying feminine characteristics of the man to whom played her on stage (Gerlach et al, 1996). ...
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- Approx Pages: 8
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate