Shakespeare's daughters / Sharon Hamilton.

Author: Hamilton, Sharon, 1943-

Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2003.

Descriptionvii, 184 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:Includes index.

Note:The father as inept or able mentor : Romeo and Juliet and The tempest -- Daughters who rebel : Hermia (A midsummer night's dream), Jessica (The merchant of Venice) and Desdemona (Othello) -- Daughters who acquiesce : Hero (Much ado about nothing), Lavinia (Titus Andronicus), and Ophelia (Hamlet) -- Plighted cunning, playing the good girl role : The taming of the shrew and King Lear -- Daughters who act in their fathers' stead : Portia (The merchant of Venice), Viola (Twelfth night), and Rosalind (As you like it) -- Daughters who forgive and heal : Marina (Pericles), Perdita (The winter's tale), and Cordelia (King Lear).

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