莎士比亚的作品所构造的是一个典型的男性中心社会,他的男性身份使他不可避免地误解、歪曲女性人物,与当时父权社会对妇女的态度相一致。对妇女形象的塑造有失真实,要么是脆弱者,要么是淫荡者,要么是雄性化的女人形象。女性不是一个完全独立的人,不仅在政治上、经济上而且在精神上给予女性以无情的批判。女人是男人的附属物,并受生育的拖累,且大多数人都甘愿附属于男人。莎士比亚一会把女性抬为天使,一会又降为恶魔。戏剧没有对女性完整且正确地描述,有的只是男性的意愿塑造。 Shakespeare’s works constructed a typical male-centered society. His masculinity made him inevitably misunderstood and distorted the characters of women, which were consistent with the patriarchal attitudes toward women at that time. The shaping of the image of women is a distortion of reality, either as a vulnerable, either as a sensuality, or as a masculine woman. Women are not an entirely independent person, giving women ruthless criticism not only politically but also economically and mentally. Women are men’s appendages and suffer from fertility, and most are willingly attached to men. For a moment Shakespeare elevated women to angels and then to demons again. Drama is not completely and accurately described by women, but by the will of men.