Shakespeares Unmuted Women explores womens speeches in selected plays by Shakespeare, highlighting womens discerning insight as a vital ingredient in these selected works. The book discusses the use of rhetoric in speeches by women as a cementing material that supports the casing of the incidents. Women holding forth on the issues related with the common concerns issued in the plays, perform a distinguishing role in strengthening the bond between decisions taken and executed by each character and make their major important contribution to the overall impact of the play. Comprised of six chapters, the volume analyses Cordelias and Desdemonas speeches in King Lear and Othello, Cleopatras and Tamoras speeches in Antony and Cleopatra and Titus Andronicus, Beatrices, and Rosalinds speeches in Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It, Katherines and Lady Annes speeches in Henry V and Richard III, respectively. The text discusses womens rich and profound discourse in these works to accentuate the meaningful input in verbal communication. In Shakespeares selected plays, womens insightfulness and perspicuity are closely considered to emphasize the ways in which women make efficient use of rhetoric, aptly used by Queen Elizabeth I during Shakespeares time. Queen Elizabeths outstanding public speeches inspired those who listened to her and Shakespeares women are partial embodiments of her.
Shakespeares Unmuted Women explores womens speeches in selected plays by Shakespeare, highlighting womens discerning insight as a vital ingredient in these selected works.
Chapter 1 Queen Elizabeth, Unmuted Empress of Her Time
Chapter 2 Cordelia and Desdemona, Vocal Supporters of Justice in King Lear
and Othello
Chapter 3 Verbal Forays of Tamora and Cleopatra in Titus Andronicus and
Antony and Cleopatra
Chapter 4 Droll Love Tutorials of Beatrice and Rosalind in Much Ado About
Nothing and As You Like It
Chapter 5 Katherine and Lady Annes Eloquence and Shielding Rhetoric in Henry
V and Richard III
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Gül Kurtulu received her Ph.D. from Bilkent University where she taught drama courses from 1991 to 2023. She is the author of two books published in 2020 and 2022 respectively: Stereoscopic London: Plays of Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw and Arthur Wing Pinero in 1890s and Convention and Contravention in Ben Jonson's Three Comedies: Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair.