Taming Of The Shrew Women Analysis
Women are equal to men. Doesn't it balance out? Unfortunately in society, they aren't treated that way. One example of this is in the play 'Taming of the Shrew' as it displays women as the lesser sex, with male lead Petruchio placing a bet on his ability to 'tame' Katherine, a mean bat, but also his future wife.
Pretty Pakistani dresses and their female designers are hidden behind a label. Girls are told from the get go that a perfect wife is one whom listens to her husband, raises the kids, cleans and keeps house, and cooks excellent food. Working women get 24% less pay than working men. Walking out after 12 AM means they're asking for it. The potential of millions of females around the world are hindered by societal expectations.
In 'Taming of the Shrew' a bad wife is portrayed as loud, doesn't do immediately as husband bids, is hostile, and uncooperative. One can say that Katherine's actions are understandable due to her being pushed aside by her father and forced into an unwanted marriage with Petruchio, him as the sole beneficiary of the agreement (or disagreement) due to his bet. The concept of marriage as a whole is treated as a joke in the play. The end of the script concludes with Katherine's long speech informing the two other wives about the joke they are told to act. …show more content…
Ismene begs her sister not to break the law because they are women and it is not their place to disobey a man's order. Creon also insists throughout the play that he has just control over the confused, emotional, weaker sex. Him saying, "No woman shall be the master while I live," establishes and describes the lack of power and say given to women. The women are imperiled so long as they are disobedient, in the kind of locality where it's a mans duty to be strong, to control the law, and to
Pretty Pakistani dresses and their female designers are hidden behind a label. Girls are told from the get go that a perfect wife is one whom listens to her husband, raises the kids, cleans and keeps house, and cooks excellent food. Working women get 24% less pay than working men. Walking out after 12 AM means they're asking for it. The potential of millions of females around the world are hindered by societal expectations.
In 'Taming of the Shrew' a bad wife is portrayed as loud, doesn't do immediately as husband bids, is hostile, and uncooperative. One can say that Katherine's actions are understandable due to her being pushed aside by her father and forced into an unwanted marriage with Petruchio, him as the sole beneficiary of the agreement (or disagreement) due to his bet. The concept of marriage as a whole is treated as a joke in the play. The end of the script concludes with Katherine's long speech informing the two other wives about the joke they are told to act. …show more content…
Ismene begs her sister not to break the law because they are women and it is not their place to disobey a man's order. Creon also insists throughout the play that he has just control over the confused, emotional, weaker sex. Him saying, "No woman shall be the master while I live," establishes and describes the lack of power and say given to women. The women are imperiled so long as they are disobedient, in the kind of locality where it's a mans duty to be strong, to control the law, and to