Ruan Badenhorst
ENG 1D
Ms. Stonier
April 24, 2013
A Midsummer Nightmare for Sexist Men
During the Elizabethan era, women were considered a possession of men. They were
expected to marry a suitor chosen by their father and then obey their husband for the remainder
of their life; divorce was considered a sin. In the play,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
, the
playwright, William Shakespeare, insults these sexist traditions, making his female characters
feminists. The major female characters are rebellious and independent…
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