This thread is fascinating. Having studied a grand total of five Shakespeare plays I don't feel very qualified to comment. However I just went to the Saucepan Man's link and had to delete a very embarassing post by me from months and months ago. Thank you for giving me that opportunity!
There is one thing I just thought of, which is the "woman disguised as a man" ploy- Eowyn/Dernhelm and Viola/Cesario being the examples I thought of. I seem to remember a commentator who wrote that only while disguised can Viola be free. On the other hand she didn't particularly want to be disguised- it was for protection. So I suppose I just proved my point was rubbish! Ho hum.
[ June 01, 2003: Message edited by: Lyra Greenleaf ]
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