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  2. Women in Shakespeare's works - Wikipedia

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    Women in Shakespeare is a topic within the especially general discussion of Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic works. Main characters such as Dark Lady of the sonnets have elicited a substantial amount of criticism, which received added impetus during the second-wave feminism of the 1960s.

  3. The lady doth protest too much, methinks - Wikipedia

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    The Queen in "Hamlet" by Edwin Austin Abbey "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line from the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.It is spoken by Queen Gertrude in response to the insincere overacting of a character in the play within a play created by Prince Hamlet to elicit evidence of his uncle's guilt in the murder of his father, the King of Denmark.

  4. All the Shakespeare References You May Have Missed in ... - AOL

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    Many beloved romance-focused movies have taken inspiration from the Bard himself: William Shakespeare. 10 Things I Hate About You, the 1999 cult classic that starred Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger ...

  5. Katherina (Kate) Minola - Wikipedia

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    Kate is the only one who comes and she then brings the other two women in on orders from Petruchio. Kate then gives a speech instructing the women to listen to their husbands. There is a very clear sibling rivalry between Bianca and Kate. Kate at one point accuses Bianca of being their father's "treasure" and the one that he wishes to have ...

  6. Why weren't women allowed to act in Shakespeare's plays? - AOL

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    – Anastasia, Herdon, Virginia, 15 The role of Desdemona, the devoted, loving wife murdered by her husband in “Othello,” wasn’t performed by a woman until 1660 – about six decades after ...

  7. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets - Wikipedia

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    The Dark Lady is shocked by Shakespeare's frankness, but the queen forgives him. Shakespeare complains that his worst plays, As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing, are the most popular, but is most proud of the ones with intelligent female characters, such All's Well that End's Well. If the queen would establish a National Theatre, he could ...

  8. 20 Things Millennials Did On The Internet That Would Make No ...

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    The internet feels depressingly bleak these days: AI slop and bots are all over social media. We all exist in our own little online echo chambers. And as I type this, bad-faith actors are probably ...

  9. Sonnet 41 - Wikipedia

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    While Shakespeare's versification maintains the English sonnet form, Shakespeare often rhetorically alludes to the form of Petrarchan sonnets with an octave (two quatrains) followed by a sestet (six lines), between which a "turn" or volta occurs, which signals a change in the tone, mood, or stance of the poem. The first line exemplifies a ...