Feminism Flashcards
1
Q
What is Lears dependence on his daughters shown as
A
Male anxiety
2
Q
Shakespeare feminised King lear
A
Because emotional jackobean women were considered witches
3
Q
The play starts of patriarchal but then the women are given power this results
A
To goneril and Reagan become empowered but gaining too much power that even lear states “thy organs dry up in Increase”
4
Q
“Thy organs dry up in increase” lear says thus to goneril which suggests
A
She is too male to bare children
