s as her conscience and serves as a point of opposition when Angela shares her feminist ideals. Shakespeare is often hailed as an excellent playwright; revered for his ability to capture so called human nature on paper. One of the questions first asked in 'Dead White Males' is whether there is a human nature or whether it is simply a creation of our culture. It is first asked by Professor Swain who insists that it is a device created by society to explain and justify the power of the patriarchal ideology. Angela's grandfather Col on the other hand is starkly adamant that there is a human nature and that there is a certain pattern of life that cannot be changed. Angela, blinded by her growing closeness and adoration of Swain at first agrees with his reading of the situation. However, towards the end of the play, she gradually begins to see her grandfather's point of view yet the
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