... , which is a theme that carries through in other works by Shakespeare presenting women characters and the need for an outside influence to help them solve their problems. In Twelfth Night, the reader meets two female characters who are different from Hermia in many ways, but who are affected similarly by the constrictions of the dominant social norms that determined ... and Viola are women who enjoy certain social privileges relative to other women as a benefit of their social class, an issue that is important, particularly in the context of Twelfth Night, and which is often overlooked t...

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