1. William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale
The portrayal of women as passive and quiet within Renaissance literature did not stray far from the image of the Renaissance woman in created works of art. Women are portrayed as disconnected from the realm of knowledge; clearly seen in literature, politics, plays, and even art. ... Susanne Woods, who has published numerous works on feminism within literature, recognizes this disparity in the Renaissance: "Women should be particularly skilled in learning and governance in, 'Artes and Policy,' was hardly the common wisdom of the period." ... The king's experience in that moment ...
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