COURSEWORK How are women presented in ‘Of Mice and Men’ and ‘Macbeth’? In society, women were, and still may well be, considered as sex objects; treated as possessions and were discriminated against. They were treated like sex slaves to their husbands, also treated as if they were belongings. At the time of Macbeth 1606, - within The Jacobean Period, women were presented as being devoted to their roles of a woman, and embracing womanhood. They were against violence and were not involved with any
Question; compare the way Shakespeare and Dickens present female characters as villain in ‘Macbeth’ and ‘great expectations’. Intro: Both Shakespeare and Dickens present the villainous female characters in ‘Macbeth’ and ‘great expectations’ comparatively similar yet considerably contradictory. Lady Macbeth, the witches, Miss Havisham and Estella are all presented as strong, powerful and manipulative women and almost seem like feminist characters. They all seem to be trying to get some sort of either
I think that out of the female antagonists, Lady Macbeth and Miss Havisham are the true villains because they both instigate the evil plans, but I believe Lady Macbeth is the worst because compared to breaking people’s hearts, the murder of a king is much worse. On the other hand, I do not think Estella is as villainous because if she was raised in better circumstances, she would not be like this. However, I think the audience or reader of the time will think they are all villains because they went