Shakespeares Unmuted Women [Paperback]

Chapter 1 Queen Elizabeth, Unmuted Empress of Her Time

Chapter 2 Cordelia and Desdemona, Vocal Supporters of Justice in King Lear and Othello

Chapter 3 Verbal Forays of Tamora and Cleopatra in Titus Andronicus and Antony and Cleopatra

Chapter 4 Droll Love Tutorials of Beatrice and Rosalind in Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It

Chapter 5 Katherine and Lady Annes Eloquence and Shielding Rhetoric in Henry V and Richard III

Chapter 6 Conclusion

Shakespeares Unmuted Women?explores womens speeches in selected plays by Shakespeare, highlighting womens discerning insight as a vital ingredient in these selected works.

G?l Kurtulu_ received her Ph.D. from Bilkent University where she taught drama courses from 1991 to 2023. She is the author of two books published in 2020 and 2022 respectively: Stereoscopic London: Plays of Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw and Arthur Wing Pinero in 1890s and Convention and Contravention in Ben Jonson's Three Comedies: Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair.

Shakespeares Unmuted Women explores womens speeches in selected plays by Shakespeare, highlighting womens discerning insight as a vital ingredient in these selected works. The book discusses the use of rhetoric in speeches by women as a cementing material that supports the casing of the incidents. Women holding forth on the issues related to the common concerns emerged in the plays perform a distinguishing role in strengthening the bond between decisions taken and executed by each character and make their major important contribution to the overall impact of the play. Comprising six chapters, the lC9