... began to wear beards again. In the last half of the century velvet hats were worn that featured jeweled brooches that were attached atop the brim. During the beginning of the Northern Renaissance, men's hairstyles were cut straight across the back and fell below the ears and featured a bang across the forehead. Beards became popular in the middle of the century and eventually haircuts became shorter. In the last part of the century men grew their hair longer ... and beards and moustaches still remained. Popular hat styles consisted of a pillbox like shape with a turned ... ...

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... of the Renaissance woman breaks the mold of the age old representation of women as inferior. Knapp affirms that Hermione's statue coming back to life "[ ] can be read as an epic tribute to the power of patriarchal and discursive violence to silence female speech and turn the female subject into an object for the male gaze " (274). This "epic tribute " is given to Perdita, from her mother, and marks the beginning and invention of ... history. Her refusal to be turned away and her fervent dedication to Hermione, makes for the most unambiguous example of Shakespeare's new portrayal of Rena...

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