SHAKESPEARE’s VIEW OF WOMEN: A STUDY OF THE FEMALE CHARACTERS In His Comedy “As You Like It”
Hasan Salih Hamad
Tikrit University- College of Arts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.6.3.1.10
Keywords: Shakespeare, woman, comedy, play
Abstract
The present paper aims at studying Shakespeare’s view of women through the study of female characters in some of his comedies. The selection of the comedy is decided according to the nature and role these female characters play and according to the various stages of the playwright’s works. The female figures in Shakespeare’s comedies are believed to be prominent, vital and progressive following the writer’s mental and spiritual changes. This paper studies the middle or sunny comedies from which one play is selected: As You Like It. In this play, the female characters appear to have some impressing characteristics. They are portrayed as being impressive, beautiful, gentle, tender, passionate and of leading characters. They also show themselves to be loving, optimistic, courageous and the main plotters of the action.
