Women in Shakespearian time did not have economic, social or political equal with men at all. During those times men had all the power and respect and women were just there to cook, clean and take care of kids. They were look down upon because they believed that women could not do the same thing as men. In the twelfth night olive has her own estate if she wasn’t pretending to be a man it would be run by male family member or husband if she had one she still believes that women are more vulnerable to weakness and love she still believes in the ways of normal society “women’s heart to set their forms alas, our fragility is the cause” the three main female characters Maria, Olivia and viola are all pretty much from the same social class. Olivia
