- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
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- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
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- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
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- Twelfth Night
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- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
This quote, which occurs after Penn and Rosie make lists categorizing Claude’s various behaviors as either masculine or feminine, speaks to the idea that behavior and actions do not fit neatly into either male or female categories, and it also underscores the gender discrimination that is present throughout much of the novel. Rosie’s job as a doctor—a scientist—defies stereotypical gender assumptions that difficult or academically advanced jobs, like a scientist or doctor, are beyond the capabilities of women, and this false assumption is present in Penn’s claim that “Women aren’t scientists.”
Not only does Rosie defy this stereotype, her area…