A look into how women were viewed in literary works. In medieval period, the women were often revealed in poor light but Shakespeare changed all that with powerful characters in Lady Macbeth and Portia. Strong female Characters have developed through time, with characters like Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice. The status of women in British society has changed a great deal through the ages.
How does this compare to men? What does it mean to be a man versus a woman in certain time periods of British literature? What works can you compare? In this essay, you must do a compare and contrast of gender, both men and women throughout the ages fo British Literature, as well as how the development of women have been portrayed.
Please uses books and sources! and please cite them! Thank you!
