How mean you that? No mates for you,/ Unless you were of gentler, milder mold- (I.i.59-69). ... "Rebellious women- were a concern for Englishmen during the time that Shakespeare wrote his plays (Detmer, Shakespeare Quarterly, 273). ... The critics have a good basis for their beliefs when Katherine speaks like this to Hortensio, "To comb your noodle with a three-legged stool,/ And paint your face, and use you like a fool- (I.I.64-65). ... For instance, he tells Baptista " I see you do not mean to part with her, or else you like not of my company- (II.i.63-64), when he knows that the father ...

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Claire McMurdock 10.A Year 10 'Shakespeare' Assignment 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare creates dramatic tension based around the transformation of Juliet's character. ... Shakespeare uses the Elizabethan times and society to help him do this. ... Juliet will not want her life to be like this. ... He gives her the ultimatum, either marry Paris and be happy or I will disown you and bring you to shame. ... She is not acting like an obedient, innocent young girl acting on her parent's wishes. ...

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After reading William Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, you have a better understanding of the characters then when we are first introduced to them. ... She constantly questions his love for her and rushes him into marriage by saying things like, "If...thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow," . Secondly, like Romeo, she kills herself over what could be just infatuation. ... Through language, Shakespeare presents these changes as well as foreshadowing the eventual tragedy Romeo and Juliet's death.   ... Shocked Juliet says, "Speakest thou from you heart?" ...

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He greets Desdemona, a virgin with high social status, by saying "You men of Cyprus, let her have your knees. ... " (II.i.84), on the verge of worshipping her like the Virgin Mary. ... Women like Hero were easily slandered as, in Elizabethan times, female sexuality was something feared by men. ... She is an honourable wife and accepts Othello's choice to kill her, saying, "[My sins] are loves I bear to you" (V.ii.40) - her only sins were out of love for her husband. ... Although she is a chaste and virtuous woman, who calls herself a "maiden", Beatrice disagr...

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Morel does not smother her youngest son, Arthur because he is too much like his father. ... Morel's heart there was a unpleasant feeling " Is she so fascinating that you must follow her all that way?" ... She was full of jealousy"It seems to me you like nothing and nobody else. There is neither Annie, nor me, nor anyone now for you." ... And therefore I may stand aside; I have nothing more to do with you. ...

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