<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The lack of proper motherhood in Shakespeare's plays has been a point of attraction for many feminist critics actively engaged in emphasizing the patriarchal aspect of Shakespeare's plays. This paper aims to analyze motherhood and the lack of mother/mother-figure in <underline>The Tempest,</underline><underline>Romeo and Juliet</underline> and <underline>The Taming of the Shrew</underline> through Luce Irigaray's theory of gender and the work of other feminist critics. The issues of gender, father-daughter relations and the reflections of the absent mothers will be discussed. Male/Female Subjectivity will also be questioned, in view of Irigaray's conceptualization of gender by relating it to Subject.</p></abstract>

The lack of proper motherhood in Shakespeare's plays has been a point of attraction for many feminist critics actively engaged in emphasizing the patriarchal aspect of Shakespeare's plays. This paper aims to analyze motherhood and the lack of mother/mother-figure in The Tempest,Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew through Luce Irigaray's theory of gender and the work of other feminist critics. The issues of gender, father-daughter relations and the reflections of the absent mothers will be discussed. Male/Female Subjectivity will also be questioned, in view of Irigaray's conceptualization of gender by relating it to Subject.

The Mother, Who Is Not One: Reflections Of Motherhood In Shakespeare's <italic>Romeo And Juliet</italic>, <italic>The Tempest,</italic> And <italic>The Taming Of The Shrew</italic>

Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, 26 Agustos Yerlesimi, Kayisdagi Cad., 34755, Atasehir/Istanbul, Turkey

Gender Studies

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The lack of proper motherhood in Shakespeare's plays has been a point of attraction for many feminist critics actively engaged in emphasizing the patriarchal...

The Mother, Who Is Not One: Reflections Of Motherhood In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet, The Tempest, And The Taming Of The Shrew

Published Online: Mar 25, 2015

Page range: 37 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2015-0003

Keywords
deconstruction, feminism, gender, motherhood, Irigaray, Shakespeare

© HATICE KARAMAN

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Mother, Who Is Not One: Reflections Of Motherhood In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet, The Tempest, And The Taming Of The Shrew

Published Online: Mar 25, 2015

Page range: 37 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2015-0003

Keywordsdeconstruction, feminism, gender, motherhood, Irigaray, Shakespeare

© HATICE KARAMAN

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
deconstruction, feminism, gender, motherhood, Irigaray, Shakespeare