Traditional relationships of Shakespeare vs. Modern World

Shakespeare’s play “Midsummer Night Dream” reveals a set of relationships between men and women. These relationships include father and daughter; husband and wife; and young couples. The setting of his play presents gender roles that existed in England in the 16^th century, where men had more power over women in the society. However, Shakespeare’s play has been re-told in a movie by BBC to reflect the relationships in Shakespeare’s play that are still taking place in the modern world today. In this regard, a feminist study of gender roles in this play will involve a critical view of the real play by Shakespeare and the Re-told movie by BBC in order to determine how the movie is a remix of the actual play in terms of the different roles played by men in their relationships.  

1. Shakespeare: Sample Writing

   In order to accurately describe the role of women in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, one must first explore the female...

   

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2. The source above describes the women in Shakespeare's play including women roles in the 1600 society of England.  I will be using this source to support the purpose of women's subordination and weakness in the play.
3. Imagination in A Midsummer Night's Dream

   Shakespeare's eye, in creating A Midsummer Night's Dream, did not "roll" in a " fine frenzy", and my point o...

   

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4. The source above talks about the imagination in Shakespeare's play with regard to love and the the traditional culture of Elizabeth's culture where love and marriage were perceived differently based on tradition. I will be using this source to support the analysis of the different love relationships in the play, and how this change with the Re-told story in the movie by BBC.
5. Folktales, Myths, and Amazons in A Midsummer Night's Dream

   A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play about women defying men. ... And because this is Shakespeare and comedy, not one of these asser...

   

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6. This source talks about how women disobeyed men in relationships, especially the relationship between Hermia and her Father and the relationship between Oberon and Titania in the play. I will be using this source to support the analysis of women's roles in the play and their roles in the Re-told movie By BBC.
7. Social, Cultural, and Economic Significance « William Shakespeare ...

   Dec 3, 2009 ... William Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night's Dream. Archive for the 'Social, Cultural, and Economic Significance&#...

   

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8. This source talks about the family roles of men and women in the Elizabethan culture of 16th century including their social and economic roles in the upbringing of the family. I will use this source to asses how this roles change in the Re-told movie by BBC.
9. "Shaping Fantasies": Figurations of Gender and Power in - Jstor

   My intertextual study of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's. Dream and symbolic ... In the introduction to his recent edition of A...

   

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10. This source talks about the power of men over women ordained by law in the Elizabethan culture, and how the men and women in this era lived according to the tradition of their society. I will be using this source source this assess if this same tradition existed in the Re-told movie by BBC or not.