The Virtuous and Vixenish Dichotomy in Literature - How the composers of Vanity Fair, The Taming of the Shrew and Sense and Sensibility felt about the dichotomy between good and bad women

- Although texts across time have portrayed women in terms of a dichotomy between "good" and "bad", it is frequently unclear exactly how composers feel about that dichotomy.
To what extent are the composers of the texts you have studied ambivalent towards their female characters? -
Many texts across time have portrayed their women in terms of a dichotomy between "good" and "bad", or "virtuous" and "vixenish". However, it is frequently unclear how the composers feel about that dichotomy, and the women can be seen as both good and bad, depending on the opinions of each individual reader.…