Shakespeare’s Comic Heroines:

A new type of woman:Witty and Wise

Queen Elizabeth:Shakespeare’s inspiration?

The Virgin Queen on the Topic of Marriage:

“I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married”

“I should call the wedding-ring the yoke-ring.”

I shall never have a husband who will sit all day by the fire.When I marry it will be with a man who can ride, hunt, and fight.

Favorite Occupationof Shakespeare’s Comic

Heroines

therefore . . .

Shrewish Proud

Disdainful

Cursed with a furyscornful

And . . .

The men often say the comic heroine is:

“WISE”: the double meanings#1

“WISE”: the double meanings#2

Wise Guy

“WISE”: the double meanings#2 (continued)

WISEACRE

“WISE”: the double meanings#2 (continued again)

AND ….

Wise ___________

“WISE”: the double meanings(summary in pictures)

Athena,Goddess of

Wisdom

Tina Fey, Goddess of Gotcha

“WISE”: the double meanings(summary in words)

The Shakespearean comic heroine is “wise” in both senses of the word, and so,

WISE and WITTY

Beatrice, Much Ado

She’s

Witty

and

Wise