Shakespeare's Attitude by Sofia https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude Attitude to politics and women (role of women) en-us 2020-10-08 17:45:56 UTC 2025-11-03 14:21:18 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814914955 2020-10-08 18:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814914955 POLITICS 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814929186 "We know little of his political opinions, but there’s much we can learn of them from the recurrent themes of his works" - ROBERT COOPER (Journalist)]]> 2020-10-08 18:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814929186 Influence 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814964018 - political atmosphere of Renaissance England influential on Shakespeare (writing)
- distorted historical facts for the favor of the reigning monarchs (⇨ advocated  Elizabeth I and James I political view's) 
-  significant social, political, and religious events of early modern England behind his history plays 
- understanding these political events helps understand + analyze Shakespeare’s histories ]]> 2020-10-08 18:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814964018 Overview 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814969712 - litle knowledge on his political opinions 
- he understood the concept of polItics (his plays)]]> 2020-10-08 18:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814969712 His plays 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814985730 Almost every character created by him had a different political opinion
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    Which one is HIS?]]> 2020-10-08 18:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/814985730 Important political Events (16th century) 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815239698 -  economy based on agriculture (⇨ political power in hands of landowners)
- feudalist system (serving lord + farm = live on the land & protection)
- King and Queen head and biggest feudal land owners]]> 2020-10-08 19:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815239698 ROLE OF WOMEN 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815339535 Shakespeare's attitude towards women is in his works highly ambiguous]]> 2020-10-08 20:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815339535 Women in his Plays 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815340990 - usually from high-class backgrounds
- well-educated and smart
                                👇 EXAMPLE
- Portia in "The Merchant of Venice" 
- skilfully outwitted the shady Shylock by means of cleverly (⇨ heroic achievement)]]> 2020-10-08 20:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815340990 Exeptions 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815452453 - some women not highly intelligent
- still portrayed with obvious sincerity and affection 
                                  👇 EXAMPLE
-Perdita in "The Winter's Tale" 
- innocent and kind of natural nobility
- revelation: daughter of a king
                              👇 OTHER EXAMPLE
- Play: "King Lear"
- Goneril and Regan as unnatural, beasts, monster
- Goneril subtly revealed as an adulteress
- Cordelia → idealistic, a true romantic heroine, a kind of dream woman]]> 2020-10-08 21:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815452453 C O N C L U S I O N 123stop08 https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815481594 - immense respect for woman ➺ society did not respect women in this way
- tempted the woman of his day to act in the ways that the women of his play do 
- compelled the men to open their minds to the idea: women are equal to men and should be treated as equal to men!
- his writing ➺ led to future women’s rights and civil liberties]]> 2020-10-08 21:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/123stop08/Attitude/wish/815481594