Sometimes when you read a play, especially without having seen it or heard it before, something hits you, sticks in your brain… you just get a vibe. It might not be real, it’s a… well, a feeling. And like all feelings, while it might be based on evidence in the text, it might not be a legitimate conclusion. But it would be a shame not to dive a little deeper into it, right? Well, such is the case of Troilus and Cressida, and the second biggest vibe I got from it (beyond the cynicism I’ve been writing about for much of the last month): Misogyny.
misogyny, n.
Hatred or dislike of, or prejudice against women.
- “misogyny, n.” Oxford English Dictionary Online.
Oxford University Press, June 2015.
Web. 11 July 2015.
A word, by the way, that didn’t even exist in Shakespeare’s day. The word may not have existed, but that vibe sure did.
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