Bromwich ultimately argues for variety rather than a single thesis about Shakespeare's female characters: the bad women exist, but they are only part of a much wider dramatic field.
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Female characters
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"Really? Oh, yeah. Don't let it be. It's not, it's not such a, it's not such a great play. It's not, it's not, it's..."
"of the story um okay so we're running out of time okay"
"...also very perplexing to me about Shakespeare. That half of his female characters are either bad like witches or Lady Macbeth. And then the..."
"...in other myths like in Egyptians that the creator is this female character so in your opinion like do you think there is like..."
"...the beginning when females were in charge um Pengu was a female character but over time they will change it to a male character..."
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