Introduction and problem definitionIn this essay I would like to state thoughts and answer questions concerning the play ÃÂMeasure for MeasureÃÂ by William Shakespeare.
This play is called a problem play and this is why I would like to solve one of its problems regarding the female characters. After reading various interpretations of the historical play I thought it would be interesting to evaluate in which way the main females have an influence on the story and the way the reader or the audience reacts to it. How come there are so many different interpretations of the woman of the play? And which one would be most fitting?After preparing a talk during the semester about ShakespeareÃÂs ÃÂTroilus and CressidaÃÂ with special emphasis on Cressida, as a character that still divides criticsÃÂ opinions, I started being interested in the role of women between the 16th and 17th century.
My essay will feature a general overview of the story and characters.
List of titles of works based on Shakespearean phr...
Claudio and Isabella (1850) by William Holman Hunt
English: Angelo seduces Isabella in a Los Angeles ...This way it will be easier to prepare a context. Within my writing I will concentrate on the female characters of the play and in which environment they interact. Doing this I will focus on different interpretations by diverse critics and historical facts from the early modern age. I will close this essay with a conclusion of what I found out about the play.
To write this essay I first read the play by William Shakespeare in German and after that I read the original English version. Following this I went to a library and got some books about interpretations about ÃÂMeasure for MeasureÃÂ. At this point I was not sure yet what topic I will work on. Within the course of reading various interpretations and repeatedly reading the play I was sure that I would want to focus on the...