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The paper looks at the apparent roles and functions of women, their impact upon other characters and whether or not their roles should have been different and, if so, how they should have been different. In the final analysis, the paper concludes that Shakespeare accurately captures the gender divisions of the age but also fails to highlight the central contribution of Henry IV's first wife, Mary de Bohun, in the establishment of this man as a powerful king over a flourishing empire.

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"The following paper will look at the treatment of women in Shakespeare's, King Henry the IV, Part I. Specifically, the paper will look at the apparent roles and functions of women, their impact upon other characters (to the extent this can be divined), and whether or not their roles should have been different and, if so, how they should have been different. In the final analysis, Shakespeare accurately captures the gender divisions of the age but also fails to highlight the central contribution of Henry IV's first wife, Mary de Bohun, in the establishment of this man as a..."

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