Think about a literary work that you have recently read. Choose either the feminist or New Historicism critical theory, and explain your interpretation of the plot or character from the work. How does viewing the plot or character through the chosen perspective affect your interpretation of it? Your response should be at least six sentences.

The last book I read was Romeo and Juliet.

As a feminist I would be somewhat offended. Shakespeare portrays Juliet as needy. She also seems kind of clingy. I think a woman could go without a man. She might even thrive under the pressure of society which tells us that we need a man. Truth is we don't. This affects the way I interpret it by maybe making me more narrow minded about the whole thing.