Shakespeare

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Shakespeares Comic HeroinesA new type of
womanWitty and Wise
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Queen ElizabethShakespeares inspiration?
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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.
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Favorite Occupationof Shakespeares Comic
Heroines
therefore . . .
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The men often say the comic heroine is
Shrewish Proud Disdainful Cursed with a
fury scornful
And . . .
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WISE the double meanings1
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WISE the double meanings2

• Wise Guy

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WISE the double meanings2 (continued)

• WISEACRE

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WISE the double meanings2 (continued again)

• AND .
• Wise ___________

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WISE the double meanings(summary in pictures)

• Athena,
• Goddess of Wisdom

Tina Fey, Goddess of Gotcha
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WISE the double meanings(summary in words)

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

WISE and WITTY
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Megfrom Hercules

• Independent
• Quick-witted
• MORE than a romantic interest
• Hercules Uh, so how'd you get stuck with the... 
• Meg Pinhead with hooves? Well, you know how men
  are. They think "No" means "Yes" and "Get lost"
  means "Take me, I'm yours." Hercules doesn't
  understand 
• Meg Don't worry, maybe Shorty here can explain
  it to ya.

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Hermionefrom Harry Potter series

• Smart
• Self-Reliant
• Stands up for herself
• Know-it-all
• "Just because you've got the emotional range of a
  teaspoon doesn't mean we all have." 

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Olive Penderghastfrom Easy A

• Clever
• Courageous
• Noble
• I started piling on lie after lie. It was like
  setting up Jenga.

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Anti-TypeElle Woods from Legally Blonde

• Narrow-minded
• Simplistic
• We laugh AT her not WITH her
• "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make
  you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their
  husbands. They just don't!"

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Beatrice, Much Ado

• Like the others, shes
• Witty
• and
• Wise