LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 7 July 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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Women in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

Iftikhar Hussain Lone

Nature herself was proud of his designs,
And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines,
Which were richly spun and woven so fit
And, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. (On Shakespeare – Ben Jonson)

Vividness and Spontaneity in Characterization

William Shakespeare’s capital gift was to depict characters, both historical and imaginary, with a surpassing vividness and spontaneity. His characters differ in sex, age, state of life, virtues and vices but are all alike in being ‘alive’. Whether good ‘or’ bad, moving among the realities of history ‘or’ among the most romantic happenings, his characters possess an unfailing humanity, and striking realism: Rosalind, Portia, Juliet, Cleopatra, Caesar, Brutus, Orlando, Shylock, Touchstone, not to mention the great tragic heroes – indeed the catalogue is endless.

Shakespeare – A Feminist?

Shakespeare, it is claimed by many modern critics, was a feminist. Shapiro, for example goes on to claim that Shakespeare was “the noblest feminist of them all”. Though historically untrue, it can be put forth that ‘patriarchy’ is more at the centre of his tragedies. Msluskie believes: “Shakespeare wrote for male entertainment”. William Shakespeare, because of his extraordinary genius for portraying human behavior, deftly depicted the condition of women within a patriarchal system, creating women characters, who, in their richness, transcend the limitations of his time.

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Iftikhar Hussain Lone
S/O Mohd Anwer Lone
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Jammu and Kashmir
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