The Women of Shakespeare Women in Shakespeare's plays were not of importance, compared to the male characters. Though, the women had a minor role in the plays, they played a big role in the lives of others in the play. ... In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet Capulet to me seems to be the most tragic of all Shakespeare's women characters. ... Each of the women in the four plays that we have read, each had a minor role, but that minor role turned out to be one of the important key factors in the conclusion of the play itself. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This minor coincidence does not have much bearing on the course of the play, but changes the way we think of "toasting" to someone. ... Then why did the friar behave out of character and leave the tomb when he heard the call of the watch. ...

• Word Count: 1554
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School