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| | Dutiful Daughters, Willful Nieces: The Empowerment of Women in Shakespearean Comedy |
 | | In Shakespeare’s comedies, many — possibly even most - of the female characters are portrayed as being manipulated, if not controlled outright, by the men in their lives: fathers, uncles, suitors, husbands. |
 | | Within Shakespeare’s comedies, many of the female characters are portrayed as submissive and easily controlled. |
 | | The “daughter” and “niece” archetypes, of course, are not universally applicable to all women in Shakespeare’s comedies. |
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