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Very much like the relationships between men and women now. The conventions were different, but the essence of the relationships is the same. Some people are dominating and some are more retiring. Shakespeare shows us all kinds of couples. Couples which involve a strong man and a weaker woman are Othello and Desdemona, Demetrius and Helena, and Hamlet and Ophelia. Couples with a strong woman and a weak man include Helena and Bertram, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, Goneril and Albany, Phoebe and Silvius, and Portia and Bassanio. Couples where both are strong include Beatrice and Benedick, Antony and Cleopatra and Petruchio and Katharine. Hero and Claudio both are weak. Shakespeare would not have shown us this broad array of different relationships had the reality of his world been as monochromatic as some would like us to believe.
In other words, don't believe the hype: people then behaved very much like people do now.
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∙ 13y agoChaotic, as women weren't allowed to participate in any of the plays written by William Shakespeare As it was known for shameless and unladylike.
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∙ 15y agoThey had to be obidient and respectful to their husbands and were sometimes in charge when their husbands were away on duties . They also had to discipline their children .
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