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- Title
"Confound[ing] distinction": Women and the Disruption of Race in All's Well that Ends Well.
- Authors
COLES, KIMBERLY ANNE
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the play "All's Well That Ends Well," by William Shakespeare is presented. It examines Shakespeare's appointment of a woman as the chief agent of change in the play, the role of women in countering nature in the play, Shakespeare's desire the transfer virtue from inheritance to merit, and the critical role of female desire in driving the interruption of family line.
- Subjects
ALL'S Well That Ends Well (Play : Shakespeare); SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; WOMEN in literature; VIRTUE; LINEAGE; ELIZABETHAN (Literary period); 17TH century (Literary period)
- Publication
Shakespeare Studies (Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corporation), 2022, Vol 50, p44
- ISSN
0582-9399
- Publication type
Literary Criticism