If so, I thoroughly recommend Winter's Tale. The strength that William gave his women characters in this play is truly mind-boggling, considering that he wrote it in an era when a married woman was, for all legal purposes, her husband's slave.
To whit:
LEONTES: I'll ha' thee burnt.
PAULINA I care not: It is an heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in't. I'll not call you tyrant; But this most cruel usage of your queen, Not able to produce more accusation Than your own weak-hinged fancy, something savours Of tyranny and will ignoble make you, Yea, scandalous to the world.
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Date: 2005-09-25 03:25 am (UTC)If so, I thoroughly recommend Winter's Tale. The strength that William gave his women characters in this play is truly mind-boggling, considering that he wrote it in an era when a married woman was, for all legal purposes, her husband's slave.
To whit:
LEONTES: I'll ha' thee burnt.
PAULINA I care not:
It is an heretic that makes the fire,
Not she which burns in't. I'll not call you tyrant;
But this most cruel usage of your queen,
Not able to produce more accusation
Than your own weak-hinged fancy, something savours
Of tyranny and will ignoble make you,
Yea, scandalous to the world.