Headlam Wells argues that Shakespeare took a sceptical view of the militant-Protestant cult of heroic masculinity and at the end of his writing career turned to a different kind of leader. Plays receiving close readings include The Tempest, Henry V, Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and Coriolanus.
Reviews Shakespeare's view of masculinity through The Tempest, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and others.
