Shakespeare's portrayal of women, especially the interpretation and performance of his female roles, has become subjects of scholarly inquiry. Shakespeare's heroines come in many shapes and sizes and all of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare's female characters show considerable brilliance, vitality, and a strong feeling of personal independence among the gallery of female characters. Several critics have argued that Shakespeare was a defender of women's rights and an innovator who deviated radically from his contemporaries and prior dramatists' flat, conventional portrayals of women. As a counterargument, some scholars point out that even Shakespeare's most positive portrayals of female characters have flaws. It has been said that this shows that Shakespeare was not immune to the profoundly ingrained misogynistic inclinations in the culture of his time and place. All of William Shakespeare's works were influenced by the Elizabethan age in which he lived. In the Elizabethan age, women were less powerful than males. "Women are to be seen, not heard" was a common saying. Shakespeare's portrayal of women in his plays has been examined in this article, which shows how the portrayal of women and the time of Shakespeare are implicitly presented in his famous selected tragedies.

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