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Gender Issues:MacBeth & Much Ado About Nothing

Gender Issues:MacBeth & Much Ado About Nothing

Gender issues are prevalent in Shakespeare’s plays Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth.  Some of the key characteristics relevant to gender issues are masculinity, feminism, honor, bravery, and ambition.  These issues will be examined through the dynamics of three couples, Hero and Claudio, Beatrice and Benedict, and Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. It is important to remember that these are two different genres of plays.   Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy that satirically focuses on male-female relations.  While Macbeth is a tragedy, which takes a serious tone where gender issues are subtly woven into the plot.
	The first couple, Hero and Claudio, represent the 16th and 17th century Elizabethan norm in marriage.  Claudio is the model of masculinity and a gullible romantic.  Hero is the modest docile young woman.  They seem to have the picture perfect expectations of marriage.  This optimism combined with the cuckold fear of the times allows Claudio to be easily deceived into believing the fabricated story of Hero’s infidelity.  Such an action is the ultimate betrayal to Claudio’s honor.  Similarly, the public accusation made by Claudio is a black eye to the honor of Hero’s family.

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