The representation of gender in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' and 'Antony and Cleopatra'

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature grade: A University of Edinburgh course: Tragedy History and Sovereignty in Late Medieval and Early Modern Poetry and Drama language: English abstract: Building on the assumption that differences between the sexes in tragedy are defined through competing representations of heroism this paper shall take a closer look at the representation of gender in two premodern tragedies Shakespeare's Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. The aim of this paper shall be to provide a short introduction to (Shakespeare) feminist criticism which will be supplemented with an overview of various notable instances of the representation of gender in these two works.