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GATE 2021 XH2 – Question 41

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 1 mark · Multiple select

In which Shakespeare plays do important female characters disguise themselves as men?

  1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  2. The Merchant of Venice
  3. As You Like It
  4. Twelfth Night

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Correct answer: (B) The Merchant of Venice; (C) As You Like It; (D) Twelfth Night

Explanation

Portia disguises herself as a male legal authority in The Merchant of Venice; Rosalind becomes Ganymede in As You Like It; Viola becomes Cesario in Twelfth Night. Hence B,C,D. A Midsummer Night’s Dream does not supply the corresponding major cross-dressing female-character plot.

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