Gender Roles in Twelfth Night

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Thus, to Elizabethans the concept of sexual equality would have been anathema. A dominant woman was unnatural, a symptom of disorder" (Green 2). Little conclusive evidence exists concerning the actual involvement of women with the Elizabethan stage; women were not permitted to act on the stage...
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Little conclusive evidence exists concerning the actual involvement of women with the Elizabethan stage; women were not permitted to act on the stage. "Boys or young men whose voices had not yet changed acted the women's parts, and it is this convention of contemporary Shakespearean theatre practices that in many ways contributes to the development of positive and powerful female characters in Shakespearean drama" (Green 4)...
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