Thammaiah R B , Prof. Chetana. P
Shakespeare wrote his plays with the sole intention of staging them and it can be assumed that he probably did not mean topublish them in the print form. It was only after his death that his plays were compiled and given a readable form by the actors whoperformed in his plays. Hence there are a variety of versions of Shakespeare‘s plays giving rise to the question of authenticity.However scholars have toiled for many years and his texts have been refined by them and given a widely acceptable form now.Understanding the position, status and the role played by women during the Elizabethan age of Shakespeare will help inunderstanding of the problems related to women since ages. The unvoiced agonies of women suffered through centuries might havebeen articulated knowingly or unknowingly by the genius of Shakespeare. A thorough and close analysis of his women characterswill definitely throw more light on the issue.
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