females, however, were given the comic roles, with Cordelia’s exceptionally written character given similar prominence to Lear’s fool. According to this analysis, Shakespeare’s point of view was “necessarily male,” and that there was a challenging other that was female. The gender divide among Shakespeare’s characters offer critics with a different analysis into the genre-bending Shakespeare, who is often described as one of the most gender-sensitive playwrights of his time. According to Bamber, Shakespeare’s
art was not very recognized in the American theatre. Wilson is recognized till this day for his efforts to bring diversity in the American theatre and not only did he enrich the American theatre’s heritage, but his motives went further to question the basic terminology of difference, separation and exclusion. Therefor, Fences was inspired by the experiences of African-Americans at the time of segregation and shows the effects of the
relationship and attachment to the work. In Hamlet, the main character and namesake of the play, Hamlet, gives directions to the actors in the metatheatre portion of Act III. This not only applies to the people he is talking to, but it applies to theatre in