Roles Of Women In The Elizabethan Era

Women nowadays have a key role in society, but it wasn’t always like this. In many of Shakespeare’s plays women are depicted as an inferior gender to men. Shakespeare,who many say is the best playwright of all time, lived from the year 1564 - 1616. Unlike today, women had no rights back in Shakespeare’s time. A lot has changed with how women are treated and how they fit into modern society. They have more rights and freedom. The roles of women in Shakespeare's time are drastically different compared to women today.
The roles and rights of women in the Elizabethan Era are a lot different than what we are used to. A woman's main purpose in Shakespeare’s time was to give birth to children. However, the roles in the house was based off one’s wealth. If one was fortunate enough to be rich and have slaves, they could pursue a profession in literature. In this era women were not allowed to work in any profession other than literature. Additionally, in Taming of the Shrew ( a
During the Elizabethan era, a woman pursuing a profession other than literature was prohibited. One profession that was extremely frowned upon was being a politician, even though Queen Elizabeth l was ruling at the time. Now we have women prime ministers, chancellors, and even a female presidential candidate (forbes, Howard). Currently, women aren’t treated as the lesser gender compared to men. Women are not treated as objects that just give birth and have no souls (galegroup.com). All women have the same rights, no matter the wealth. In the Elizabethan era, girls weren’t allowed to act in plays. Today, we have movies where women play the main character. In the Elizabethan era women were instructed to be submissive to their husband, now wives and husbands treat each other with the same amount of respect and authority. Modern women have more rights and have a bigger role in our society compared to Elizabethan