men's attitudes towards women

‘His private property has…’ - Shoaf -

‘His private property has betrayed him - one gathers that his wife was something more than wax’ - Shoaf

‘January appears…’ - Coghill -

‘January appears helpless, romantic, generous, tragic.’ - Coghill

‘January's inability to…’ - Tolliver -

‘January's inability to analyse May's deceit is essentially his refusal to accept it’ - Tolliver

‘January's folly is that he sees…’ - Beidler -

‘January's folly is that he sees what he wants to see, rather than what is actually before him’ - Beidler

‘The male exploitation of …’ - Martin -

‘The male exploitation of economic power for erotic purchase’ - Martin

‘The Merchant's misogyny is …; - Tolliver

‘The Merchant's misogyny is a product of his marital disillusionment’ - Tolliver

‘January shops…’ - Tolliver

‘January shops for his bride’ - Tolliver

‘where we might see vicious hostility…’ - B.S.

‘where we might see vicious hostility we might also see great humour’ in Merchant - B.S.

‘as Jan treats May like wax, he is, in effect, trying …’ - RA Shoaf -

‘as Jan treats May like wax, he is, in effect, trying also to convert her into coin, so as to spend her, the living girl, on his ‘fanatsye’, thus littling her to a thing’ – RA Shoaf

‘The Duchess of Malfi is …’- Jankowski

‘The Duchess of Malfi is a play that is clearly concerned with questions of gender ideology; - Jankowski

‘The nature of the Renaissance dynastic marriage…’ - Jankowski

‘The nature of the Renaissance dynastic marriage served almost totally to objectify the woman’ - Jankowski

‘The sight of [the Duchess'] face…’ - Bradbook

‘The sight of [the Duchess'] face awakens Ferdinand to what he has done’ - Bradbook

‘It is clear that the Cardinal's description of the affair…’ - McLuskie

‘It is clear that the Cardinal's description of the affair [with Julia] expresses only satisfaction of his sexual prowess’ - McLuskie