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Essay Archive - Patriarchy in 1001 Nights and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Patriarchy in 1001 Nights and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 	Patriarchal societies play a major role in many fairy tales.  These societies are especially evident in A Thousand and One Nights,  and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  In each of these tales,  the patriarchal system inherent in the story causes obvious opposition between either a husband and wife, or a father and daughter.  In general, the apparent higher authority of the relationship rested with the male, however, in each of these stories, the real power rested or was tran....
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