Sexual Inequality In Taming Of The Shrew

During the Induction, the comedy productions begins with a poor beggar, Christopher Sly, already indicating social class and hierarchy are imperative issues that will be displayed. “O monstrous beast, how like a swine he lies! Grim death, how foul and loathsome is thine image!” (IND.1.30) The lord denigrates and mortifies Christopher Sly because he is less privileged and doesn’t have the same opportunities as the wealthy.

“When love speaks the voice of all the gods makes heaven drowsy with the harmony,” Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, scene II.

Marriage is presented in Shakespeare?s play The Taming of the Shrew, in a complex manner allowing readers to view the play literally as a brutal taming or ironically as a subversive manifesto. Yet, Shakespeare intends to present marriage to be full of mutual love where neither male nor female dominate but compliment each other thriving together in a loved filled relationship. The portrayal of a deep understanding, which exists in an analogical relationship and the gentle transformation, which occurs in marriage, clearly outlines marriage in the play to be a celebration of a mutual love relationship within the patriarchal foundations of society.

A comedic story can be summed up as one thing; a hero who triumphs over evil and wins the day. In these tales, our main character encounters around one hardship and overcomes it with much ease. The ancient Greek playwrights had a similar view on comedic tales: in order for something to be a comedy, the main character must reach a positive outcome. So no matter what comes their way, our hero will be in a better spot than he was at the beginning. Well-known comedies include A Midsummer Night 's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, and Cyrano de Bergerac. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Taming of the Shrew, the main character achieves their goal with few hardships. Yet, in Cyrano de Bergerac, our main character’s ambitions are never

Examine the different ways in which Shakespeare presents the attitude towards marriage in the play, ‘The Taming of the Shrew.’

To begin, the title that the author chose is very broad; therefore, it does not include the author’s approach to the essay topic. When creating a title, the author should consider their entire argument and include it to engage the reader. Next, the introductory paragraph is poorly structured because it does not contain a specific thesis statement. The author mentions the subtopics involving the relevance of Shakespeare to the modern world and Shakespeare’s outdated content towards the end of the introduction; however, there is no clearly stated thesis within the paragraph. The last sentence, which is commonly where the thesis statement is located, is in the form of a question rather than an opinion, which makes the structure of the thesis incorrect.

The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare is about a mean screw name Katherine who becomes tamed by the end of the novel. Katherine fought her husband until the very end. One might say that she became tamed because she had no choice. Another theory could be that Kathrine tamed herself but one thing is certain that without the primary character changing in some way by the experience of the story, the story has less meaning. Katherine sees herself in Petruchio's behavior and they both become tamed in relation to how they were acting prior to marriage.

Katherina is a woman living back in the 1500s, with no equality when it came to women vs man, and barely having a handful of choices when it came to her life, forwarding many centuries later there is Kat, a teenage girl who lives in modern day society, with choices, but no acceptance for herself. The Taming of the Shrew is a comedic play that reflects what the gender roles were like in the 1500s. While 10 Things I Hate About You is a spinoff of the aforesaid play but with a different take on what gender roles are because it is now uncommon in current times. In Katherina’s time period, it was normal for a woman to get married, stay and take care of the home and obey the husband while he went to work. However, in this century, gender roles have

The relationships between servants and masters closely reflect the gender relationships in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio and Tranio's relationship as master and servant is an ideal of the Renaissance era according to "An Homily on the State of Matrimony." Tranio risks taking the place of his master because of his love for him and Lucentio always treats him with kindness and respect, almost like an equal. Though they are not involved romantically, Lucentio and Tranio fulfill these ideals better than any marriage in The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio's relationship with Bianca reflects his role with Tranio: Bianca shows respect for Lucentio as he

In Shakespeare’s society, men often had more power than women. This sexist idea held by the society also applies when it comes to marriages. No women should be treated differently because of their sex because they did not get to choose what gender they wanted to be. Women should not be seen as a peasant or for pleasure. Women should be able to do anything they want since they are also human.

Since the beginning of history, it has been a topic of great debate about which gender, male or female, is superior. Up until about the 20th century, the majority of people believed males were the dominate gender, creating extensive issues relating to sexism. Patriarchy was a problem in William Shakespeare’s time and influenced not only some of his writings, but also many other authors at the time. Shakespeare’s

   William Shakespeare's comedy, The Taming of the Shrew illistrates the difficulty of trying to tame a headstrong, stubborn, and a high-spirited woman so that she will make a docile wife. The one attempting to tame Kate, the shrew, is Petruchio. They contend with each other with tremendous vitality and have a forced relationship. In contrast, there is another romantically linked couple who seemingly possess an ideal relationship. These young lovers, Bianca and Lucentio, share a love that is not grounded in reality, but in fantasy. These two sub-plot characters are stock characters and Shakespeare creates the irony of the play through the differences between the two couples. It

The Oxford dictionary defines a shrew as a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman. William Shakespeare wrote an entire play centered on this type of undesirable woman. This play, Taming of the Shrew, reveals the story of a man who made it his mission to tame an unmanageable and foul woman. The men in the town believe that the main character, Katherine, is a shrew because of her erratic and unmanageable behavior . She destined to remain unmarried until Petruchio arrives in town and looks upon her as a challenge.

One of the most notorious topics of interest in the works of Shakespeare is the role women receive in his plays. The way Shakespeare wrote his plays, women were very submissive to men and had no will and choice of their own. Women were extremely reliant upon the men in their lives, believing that they were inferior and thus following their desire for the women’s lives. This included that marriages were usually arranged by a powerful male, instead of giving the woman the opportunity of choosing marriage for love. It is not surprising that Shakespeare portrayed women in a way that was familiar to him and the time era in which he lived. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Taming of the Shrew, both focus on the development of love and not, with

Battle of the Sexes would have been another appropriate title for this play because the entire play is women verses men, men verses women. This battle of the sexes shows no boundaries between the rich and poor, young or old, man or women. The basis of all the rivalry stems from the fact that the men in this play look at the women as if they were objects, instead of human beings with feelings. This theory that women are merely objects creates an environment that the women have to adapt to and survive in and the environment of a person will depict what he or she will become, resulting in a battle between the sexes.