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www.the-criterion.comThe Criterion: An International Journal in EnglishISSN 0976-8165CONCLUSION:Nevertheless, it can be said that be it Portia or Desdemona or Cordelia or any other, womenin Shakespeare’s tragedies do not enjoy the freer air and opportunities like their malecounterparts. But the fact cannot be undermined that they are equally moral or immoral, saneor insane, honest or dishonest like their male counterparts. Truly they are those who rock thecradle and rule the world. They are extraordinary, who must have given and perhaps still givea great deal of inspiration to many who saw and have seen these characters perform on thestage. Dignified and remarkable as they are in their own rights, these women characters dorepresent the attitude society had had about the fairer sex since the times of Shakespeare.Nonetheless, it would not be wrong to state that they are the precursors of the independent,strong-willed women of today’s world.Works Cited:Primary Sources:Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. Delhi: Surjeet Publications. 1999. Print.__________________ Hamlet. Bombay: Cambride University Press. 1966. Print.__________________ Julius Caesar. Calcutta: Dass Publishing Concern. 1966. Print.__________________ King Lear. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Classics. 2003. Print.__________________ Macbeth. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Classics. 2003. Print.__________________ Othello. Delhi: Surjeet Publications. 1993. Print.Secondary Sources:Bradley, A. C. Shakespearean Tragedies. Calcutta: Radha Publishing House. 1992. Print.Cunningham, James. Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Modern Critical Theory. London:Associated University Presses. 1997. Print.de Sousa, Geraldo U. At Home in Shakespeare’s Tragedies. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.2010. Print.Goldsmith, Oliver. She Stoops to Conquer. Madras: Macmillan India Limited. 1994. Print.Leggat, Alexander. Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Violation and Identity. Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press. 2005. Print.Lenz, Carolyn, Ruth Swift, Gayle Greene, and Carol Thomas Neely. The Woman's Part:Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare. Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 1983. Print.Vol. IV. Issue V (October 2013) 9 Editor-In-Chief: Dr. Vishwanath BiteBi-Monthly refereed and Indexed Open Access eJournal