Skakespeare's Vs Today

In this essay I'll be talking about the difference between Shakespeare's world and age and ours today. There are many differences that we have today then back then. Some of the differences are that the actors in his day weren't always appreciated and they got yelled insults and spit at and thrown orange peels. Today the difference for actors is very different. We also have the difference of things being more safe to use and also we have more people who can choose who they want to marry. Shakespeares plays have been around for a very long time and so there are going to be many differences between our world and age today than his and I'll go more into depth with those reasons. If you want to know some of the differnces between Shakespeares world and our own then continue reading.

It’s obvious that Shakespeare's play isn’t from our time period, especially the way they act. When we read stories we want to be able to the relate the character

Households were strictly patriarchal in which the man of the house made all the important decisions. Women's jobs at the time were mostly relegated to domestic service and occasional work at harvest time. The jobs were always of low pay, low status, and required little training. In addition to this females were not legally permitted to inherit land or property. This was the bleak life of a woman, with little hope or power, and always the subordinate of men.

Back then the roles between women and men were respected, women would never try to go and seek change to try and gain power over another man. The children were very respectful to both men and women by doing whatever they could to help the family out, they did this in the most highest regards with respect for their elders awaiting for their time. “A young prince must be prudent like that, giving freely while father lives so that afterwards in age when fighting starts steadfast companions will stand by him and hold the line. Behavior that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.” (20-25).

Women weren't allowed to go to school or act in plays (Davis 91). “Women had little rights and were considered property of their father or husband and not as their own person” (Davis 90). Rich women that had servants spent their time gossiping to one another and playing cards (Davis 91).

Women during this time had many restrictions in terms of not being able to vote, gain education and receive inheritance money. Regardless of their social position, they were never allowed to vote. The majority of women never attended school unless their family was considerably wealthy. Reading, writing, dance and skills like needlework were taught through husbands or parish priests. Many women however, remained illiterate. Women could neither inherit their father’s titles. All titles were passed from father to son or brother to brother.

Keep in mind, during this period of time, women were seem as individual who should learn how to be a good mother and wife. This act of

In the Elizabethan period, women were subordinate to men. They were considered to be ‘inferior' beings who were controlled by their husbands, fathers or any other men in the family. Women were not allowed to hold their own opinions, views or lifestyles. Men had control of everything, some of these included money, politics, work, children, women and home.

Back then women were not allowed to speak as often as they would have liked to. They were expected to be caregivers, have and raise children, and do household duties such as cleaning and cooking for the family. Basically that was a women's typical role, men were constantly seen as being way above women, so therefore they would always be the ones who commanded or had the final word in what would be done. Women were seen as passive and weak, and not as able to accomplish physically or mentally all that men

	Today women have many rights. We can vote, work, and even voice our own opinions. In the past women were seen as mothers and housekeepers, always taught to respect, listen, and serve there husbands or the man of the house. In those days this was considered normal, therefore women had no choice but to obey and do as they were told. In Hamlet, Shakespeare portrays a similar relationship between women and men. He allows men to hold the higher position in the causing, them to treat women as lesser people and believed that women should listen to them and do as they were told.

Many laws of this time and era disallowed woman to have the same opportunities as men. Women belonged to their fathers, and then to their husbands. If a woman came from wealth, often were allowed to marry from the starting age of 12. A reason Queen Elizabeth never married was so she wouldn't lose her power to man. Women were

During the time in which the play took place society frowned upon women asserting themselves.  Women were supposed to play a role in which they supported their husbands, took care of their children,

“How would a modern audience view this play in a different way to an audience in Shakespeare’s time, particularly in relation to the role and status of women and attitudes to marriage and courtship?

Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party The Dinner Party (1979) by Judy Chicago is a feminist artwork aiming to present a symbolic history of world’s feminism. It represents thirty-nine place settings by a triangle shaped table, each one of which is dedicated to one of the most famous women, including Virginia Woolf, Sojourner Truth, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Theodora of Byzantium. Judy seems to have planned the choice about the names she used for the table place settings as each of these belongs to the most famous females in the history of humanity. There is much symbolism about the table and the dining room itself which Judith uses for her installation.

Shakespeare and Webster represent the female characters in ‘Hamlet’ and ‘The duchess of Malfi’ by using general themes such as the patriarchy and the social control, the female identity and its independence, this institution of marriage, the expressions of sexuality and finally women shown to be either conformist or transgressive. Men were firmly in control in the Elizabethan and Jacobean era, and the expectations for women were to stay home, cook, clean and raise a family. Women’s status and roles were subject to the Tyranny of patriarchy, they were given strict disciplinary rules to follow whether by law or unspoken norms to prevent from rebellion. Women’s rights were restricted, legally, socially and economically, unlike today were women are more powerful and independent. Today women and men are seen to be equal and women can do pretty much everything a man can do (voting, working, becoming president) although there are many people still today who disagree with women having these rights.