This paper examines the different social status and gender positions portrayed in seven dramas from Chinese theatre of the
Yuan period. The Yuan dynasty was the period of Mongol rule in China. The dramas included portrayals of a wide range of social
classes- rich, poor,
officials, beggars, women, men and many more. It shows how women had a lower social status then men and were held in lower regard. Those of a higher status were mostly officials who had access to power and money while in contrast, the lower classes had to work hard for a living and face many injustices. It aims to bring forth the idea that the playwrights used these differences to illustrate moral ideas about good and evil.