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Article: Medieval Studies.
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- Michigan Academician
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- March 22, 2001
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Virtue Analysis: Virtues Taught by Shakespeare in Hamlet and Measure for Measure. Robin Kennedy, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI 49855; rkennedy@nmu.edu
When one looks at the various analyses of Shakespeare's plays, there is a fair amount of discussion regarding the role of women. This often includes whether or nor a woman was virtuous. Most people assume that virtue applies only to being chaste/virginal. However, there were other virtues that were credited to a virtuous woman. I will first define "virtue" as perceived by the people of Elizabethan times and then discuss whether or not the women in two plays, Hamlet or Measure for Measure, were ...
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