- All's Well That Ends Well
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- As You Like It
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After his matricide, Orestes begins to spiral out of control. He transitions from hating his mother to hating all women, believing them all to be treacherous, false, and murderous. Indeed, he comes to loathe women so much that he even wishes to "die without an heir"—a terrible wish for any Greek man, let alone one in a royal line who is supposed to rule his country.
Orestes' woman-hatred here demonstrates what happens when traditional gender roles go awry. Emasculating and ambitious, Clytemnestra has made her son fear all women, even those without her murderous temperament. In taking his father's life…