A modern day audience would be very shocked by the characters behaviour and actions within the play. A modern day audience would be surprised by the strong views men held regarding women and their rights. In the Victorian times, there were various rules about jewellery, who to talk to – when and where, who to dance with, and how and when to speak. Women were expected to be submissive to men and not to speak with their own voice. Women upheld the highest morals in the Victorian times.…
Women could refuse to marry but would be disowned by their families; it was a silent threat that was hidden underneath every happy Elizabethan family. Just as Capulet’s behaviour so drastically contrasts from when Juliet was obeying him to when she spoke out. Women had either little or no work opportunities outside their family and without a male supporter they became penniless street vagrants. Elizabethan society wasn’t fair; if it was then women wouldn’t be working in high power jobs equally with men. The modern society we live in has changed so because of the prejudice against how women where controlled mercilessly by men. In my opinion that is unjust and wrong, I am very appreciative that I wasn’t…
During the Elizabethan times there were many different types of food that were being discovered and also evolving. What you ate was based on your social class. If you were poor you ate the simple foods and when you were rich you ate luxury items. Feasts were held during these times to celebrate and to drink or eat as much as they could. The common foods that people ate were bread, meat, seafood, and fruit. All of these foods had different types of specifics about them. These people had to learn how to find the food, make the food, and eat the food. We now know they played an important role in the food world of today.…
In every part of the world, women have been considered subordinate to men and have not had as many rights as men. They were always expected to do thing such as taking care of the family, satisfying their husband' every need, and not working outside of their houses. During the industrialization era, when jobs became more common and factories needed workers, women started working as well. Thus, as societies became more urbanized, the general role of women steadily improved from early 1400 to the late 1500 in England and Saudi Arabia.…
During the Victorian Era, society’s view on women, courtship, and marriage differed immensely from today’s views. In the nineteenth century, women were held to a higher and stricter standard. Women couldn’t talk to men without being introduced, they couldn’t leave the home without a chaperone, they had to look their absolute best, and many more restrictions. Back then, a woman’s main goal or career was to get married and their role in society was within the home. In order to reach that goal, girls were trained, during their childhood, to speak in foreign languages, how to cook and clean, learning how to sing and to play musical instruments.…
The novel contains many stories on how females were portrayed during medieval times. A tale in the novel called The Wife Of Bath's Tale, gives a common situation in which a man must pursue a women, but not for marriage. The Knight must find what women desire most in order to not be executed for rape. He finally finds the answer from an old woman, who tells him that all women desire to be in charge of their husbands/lovers. For example, Chaucer writes, “A women wants the self-same sovereignty, over her husband as over her lover, and master him he mustn't be above her (p. 282). “ This statement is more or less true, and is showing how women want to be their own person, but at the same time be viewed as equally powerful to their male counterparts. Women aren't the problem, the problem is what society expects them to be. Although the conflict concerns a man trying to get out of being killed for a crime, the women in this story serve a greater, and thoughtful purpose. Ultimately, the knight marries the old woman, but isn't satisfied because of her appearance. In contrast, the woman doesn't take offense to his behavior, instead…
The Elizabethan era may have only lasted for 45 years, but it brought forth a blossoming of literature, and changed the way that people viewed themselves and their society. The gender specific roles in the Golden Age may have not suited the people of today, but in the 1500’s they were acknowledged and seen as a common practice. During the Elizabethan era, diverse family and societal roles were demonstrated through men, women, and children.…
"The upper class women of the Elizabethan Era were very dependent on using their male relatives to help support them." The women were dependent on the men because men were support them. Only the men had gone to school so there wasn't any schools for girls.The Elizabethan women had been tutored at home because there were no schools for girls. Women also weren't allowed to enter University because there wasn't schools for women yet. The women didn't have the privileges that men had. For instance, unless the women were royalty, they could not be heirs to their father's title because it's not right." Women also could not vote and they weren't allowed to participate in politics, there weren't any women in the Army or Navy during Elizabethan Age."…
Throughout the texts we have read in class, including in the ones examined closely in this paper (namely Lanval, The Wife’s Lament, and Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Tale) women consistently appear as powerful beings. This introduces a certain amount of threat simply because the woman’s position in medieval society was largely guided by the principles in the Bible – and thus, women were treated as “lesser” according to writings that stated that they weren’t allowed to teach, were to submit to the men in their life, and were to avoid “playing the whore” (Leviticus 21:9). The texts, then, will often attempt to rid those women of their powerful status or explain why they do not deserve it. At the very least,…
Lady Catherine's interrogation of Elizabeth is almost thrilling; she has asked Elizabeth to confirm the ‘scandalous falsehood’ of the marriage between her and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth is astonished by her address, but does not answer her directly. While Lady Catherine repeats her questions several times, Elizabeth does ‘not chuse to answer.’ Her intelligence allows her to bypass the question. Lady Catherine is trying various ways stop the marriage that actually isn’t happening between Elizabeth and Darcy by threatening to spread the ‘gossip’ about Lydia’s, ‘patched up business’, but she doesn’t realise it was in fact Darcy who did this. It is ironic that a repetition of this kind of injudicious interference with Darcy, has actually gave him the courage to propose to Elizabeth, the opposite of her intentions. Lady Catherine tries to trick Elizabeth into feeling guilty, because of her inferior birth as it would ‘… ruin him in the opinion of his friends and make him the contempt of the world.’ She does not want to accept the idea of new classing boundaries being drawn. The way, in which society works is that no one marries ‘beneath’ them, therefore society won’t change and Lady Catherine's superiority will be stable.…
Women living in Elizabethan era Under reign of Elizabeth I, England was one of the most powerful and involved country in the world. At this time, it was also considered as “the Golden Age in English history”. As a result, Elizabeth was recognized herself as the best monarch (thelostcolony.org). Different from Elizabeth’s successful role, the woman’s position became less important in family, marriage, and society as well because of many old prejudices.…
Gender roles may differ within the different societies in this world, but in one way or another they began in one way. Back in the times of Shakespeare, women roles were of house maids and men roles were acted upon as the strong, in charge, and house hold carrier. Women weren’t supposed to oppose what their father or husband would say. Since Shakespearean comedies such as Much Ado about Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he began to show the different gender roles and how they would be changing. He brought up questions within his comedies, questions that people might have been asking themselves but might have been too afraid to ask. In Much Ado about Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s dream, Shakespeare opened a different view and perspective on people in their societal roles, such as their gender roles.…
The Elizabethan era was an odd time to be around, can you believe they had a holiday for every single month of the entire year ?! for example : January- The twelfth day of january was celebrated for the birth of jesus. February- St. Valentine's day it was just like how we celebrate it in the twenty-first century, buying gifts for their significant others, loved ones while singing, and dancing, and playing games with each other at their local fair. March- Easter was the specific holiday for march , weird right ?, the only thing different about that is the month that it's in. April- April fools day, a great time to be a jester , jesters pretty much took over for the day, causing chaos with all of their tricks, and jokes. May- May day, the summer…
In the Middle Ages (A.D 476 - 1500) people suffered adversities, no matter their position there were still hardships to be faced. Lords and Ladies were the highest class, but they to struggled. Lords and Ladies were above Townspeople, Peasants, and Serfs. The Lords and Ladies included Knights, and Nobles.…
During the Renaissance, 1300 to 1600, the role for women of the upper and lower classes were very straightforward. Women had limited participation in the world to a great extent in this time because the men were the primary factors. For example, men were the ones who got a education, had little to no repercussions for crimes and had great jobs. Women had the dos and don’ts of the Renaissance; do have a moral home, don’t shame your husband or family in anyway. Some people might say that women of this time were held on a very tight leash.…