Female Imagery in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".

In Virginia Woolfs novel A Room of Ones Own, Woolf puts forth the instruction that it would have been impossible, completely and entirely, for any woman to have scripted the antics of Shakespeare (Woolf 60), as women of that time neither had the finances nor the space where they could puzzle smoothen and write effectively. Along with this convincing argument, Shakespeares constant impersonation of women as second class citizens lacking in calibre cannot be ignored. Even though Elizabethan values were root in a patriarchal system, a woman playwright would not have portrayed the members of her own sex in such a degrading manner as Shakespeare did. The exposure of women in Shakespeares comedy, Much con game About Nothing reflects a common pattern of imagery. In this play, Shakespeare demonstrates that women are objects, that their worth lies merely in their chastity and purity, and that women, on the whole, lack in personality. He further illustrates that women who do not lack the strength of character are of no use to society until they are subdued.

In Shakespeares play, mannish characters objectify women. In the opening scene of Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio, a youthfulness lord of Florence, professes that he is in love with Hero, the daughter of Leonato, governor of Messina. The audience feels that it is Heros sensible beauty as well as her innocent and pipe down nature that attracts Claudio to her. Before Claudio has even spoken to Hero he asks his friend benedick: Is she not a modest young lady? (Much Ado About Nothing 1.1. 165) Claudio is not fire in Heros personality. He further seeks his friends approval when he questions Benedick: Can the world buy such a adorn? (1.1. 181) Not only does Claudio need Benedick to validate Heros worth, he equates her with a precious...

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Kia ora Bob from High School Teacher Tanya down here in Waitakere City, Auckland New Zealand (look it up in the telamon!) I like this essay very much. It has a reform structure with cogent points advanced in the introduction. This is followed with strong luggage compartment paragraphs supplying good insight and evidence.

I am crank of your use of Virginia Woolfs reference to the female crux...see clearly but be alienated! Gosh I am glad to be a woman of these times.

I have copied your essay and will show it to my students as an exemplar. I teach a class of knowing 16 year olds, and they are approaching this work finished Branaghs film adaptation. The combination of script and cinematographic techniques make for a regent(postnominal) vehicle to expose the patriachal power theme...my cosseted little babies are surprise at the extent of the gender imbalance in this play!

Thank you very much for your work...I look forward to nurture your other submissions.

Arohanui

Tanya T

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