The balance of power in the merchant of venice and a midsummernight’s dreams

Abstract

Shakespeare’s works have been an interest for all literary researchers as well as feminist literary critics for several reasons. Female characters in his works reflect his opinion about women besides his themes revolving around women characters reflect the perception of women during his era. Aside the fact that Shakespeare being one of the most important writers during his time, the themes that he present are unique for feminist literary critics. Therefore present study aims to investigate the balance of power in “The Merchant of Venice” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream” by examining both male and female characters by using feminist literary criticism theory.