Shakespeare created many varied women characters: Cleopatra, Beatrice, Juliet and Viola - to list but a few. They are all characters with different qualities that demonstrate the range of Shakespeare's characterisation.

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'I am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for peace,
Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway
When they are bound to serve, love, and obey.'
Katharine, 'The Taming of the Shrew' [V. ii. 166-9]   

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