How Were Women Treated In Juli

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presented what women had seen in their dreams and visions. The women that had one of these "revelations" never presented what she had seen by herself. This to me suggests that in the time frame of Julius Caesar, women were still treated as though they should be at home looking after the children and cleaning the house. Compared to today, that portrayal is completely different. Today many men and women believe that we are equals, and that women can do just as much as men in this (as of now) male dominated world. According to the roman research that I have done, this is indeed the right portrayal of women in the time frame that Julius Caesar took place.
In all of Shakespeare's plays, women were never allowed to act. Whenever there was a women's part to be played in one of his plays, it would always be played by a man. This can also get quite confusing. The best example is in "The Merchant of Venice" in which a man plays the role of a woman who is pretending to be a man! It ...

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