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1、1Chapter1Introduction1.ResearchTopicShakespearehasbeenrecognizedasthegreatestplaywrightinBritishhistory.Inhisplays,manyfemalerolescreatedbyShakespearehaveaprofoundimpactonthescholars??conceptionoftheaftertime.Butstrangely,peoplefindthatShakespeareseemstohaveheldacontradicto
2、ryviewonwomen.Insomehisplays,womenfightbravelyagainstthefeudalautocracyandpursuevigorouslyfreedomandequality.Butinotherplays,thefemalecharactersseemtobeweakonesordestructiveones.Whydoesoneplaywrighthavesuchacontradictoryconceptonwomen?Inthepastseveraldecadesorcenturies,some
3、scholarshavestudiedthisstrangephenomenon,andtheydrewtheconclusionthatindifferentperiods,thefeaturesofthefemaleinShakespeare??saredifferent.Thefemaleconceptwhichsupportsthefreedomofmarriage,speakshighlyofthehumanityliberation,andadvocatetheloveandfriendshipcouldbefoundinthep
4、laysofShakespeareinthefirstperiod.ManyfamouscharacterslikeJulietorPortiaarecreatedinthisperiod.Theirsimilarityisbraveryinpursuingtheirloveregardlessofthepressurefromtheirfamily.Soweregardtheviewasabudof“feminism”.Butinthesecondperiod,Shakespearechangeshisfemaleconceptcomple
5、tely.Inthisperiod,althoughbraverycouldbestillfoundinthesefemalecharacters,but“feminism”isincomplete.Thefemalecharactersjustresistthe“father-right”tradition,butwhentheyface“husband-right”,theyusuallychoosetokeepsilence.Besides,inviewofthetimesoneappearsinaplayandtheirstatusi
6、ntheplays,thefemalerolesareweakerthanmaleroles.1Wecouldcallthephenomenonas“women-belittling”.2LiteratureReview2.1StudiesonWomen-belittling1华全坤、洪增流、田朝绪著，《莎士比亚新论——新世纪，新莎士比亚》69页，上海外语教育出版社，2007年。2InShakespeare??smanyplays,themenarethoughttobeenjoyedthehigherpositionthanthewomen
7、.What??sthereasonofthat?Accordingtothein-depthstudy,manyacademiciansbelievedthemainreasonwasthetraditionalconceptthatmenweresuperiortowomen.2Inafather-rightsociety,theconceptwaswellunderstoodbyeveryone,soShakespearecouldn??tgetridofthelimitationoftheconcepttoo.So,understand
8、ably,themaincharactersofShakespeareplaysarealwaysmales.Besides,inthefather-rightso
