Also worth noting that Shakespeare's plot device of having women pose as men would've been deeply "immoral" irl by the standards of the day
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And it almost always comes with some meta commentary on how if the woman didn't do it she would be totally powerless
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@GwendolenCrane And by the time "Cymbeline" rolls around, Jupiter has to show up to demand an unambiguously happy ending. -
This is at least partly a reflection of the era, since Jacobean drama in general was darker than Elizabethan.
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