The Taming Of The Shrew Feminist Analysis
The one to blame for gender inequality is men. From the beginning of time men have been the ones that come before women, women are just the ones in the background, there ready to help them. While watching The Taming Of The Shrew written by Shakespeare (1594) and made into a movie directed by Franco Zeffirelli (1967), the main character Kate, played by Elizabeth Taylor, not married and the little sister, Bianca, can't date/marry anyone before her sister is set up. So what do these men do, they make a bet. Petruchio can't get the money or the property without getting Kate, so he makes it a “goal” to change her into an obedient wife, and buys her love. While watching this movie the whole time I was thinking of a 1999 film, 10 Things I Hate About
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The female perspective in the short story by Kate Chopin, “A Pair Of Silk Stockings” (1897) is about a woman treating herself. Chopin wrote “Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars” it does not say how she got the money but the story goes on. Mrs. Sommers takes this money and spends it all in various places. One of my favorite quotes from the television show Parks And Recreation (2011) said by Tom Haverford is “Treat. Yo. Self.” and this is what Mrs. Sommers did. She was able to buy new stockings, new shoes, go to a restaurant, a movie and buy a ticket on the train. She also talks about putting money away for her kids, but she decides not to. Which you could look at this situation and say that she was selfish, yes, but she is with her kids all day at home, and for once she was able to get out of the house and have a day to herself. She was able to experience freedom like she once had. Kate Chopin's short story “The Story Of An Hour” (1894) is about a woman's husband supposedly dying in a train accident. In the course of her finding out that her husband died, she is relieved. She was happy to hear that her husband was dead “she said it over and over under her breath : “free, free, free!”. The wife in this second short story was young when she got married, she wasn't able to live a lavish life by herself. These women were both able to experience freedom in the
The female perspective in the short story by Kate Chopin, “A Pair Of Silk Stockings” (1897) is about a woman treating herself. Chopin wrote “Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars” it does not say how she got the money but the story goes on. Mrs. Sommers takes this money and spends it all in various places. One of my favorite quotes from the television show Parks And Recreation (2011) said by Tom Haverford is “Treat. Yo. Self.” and this is what Mrs. Sommers did. She was able to buy new stockings, new shoes, go to a restaurant, a movie and buy a ticket on the train. She also talks about putting money away for her kids, but she decides not to. Which you could look at this situation and say that she was selfish, yes, but she is with her kids all day at home, and for once she was able to get out of the house and have a day to herself. She was able to experience freedom like she once had. Kate Chopin's short story “The Story Of An Hour” (1894) is about a woman's husband supposedly dying in a train accident. In the course of her finding out that her husband died, she is relieved. She was happy to hear that her husband was dead “she said it over and over under her breath : “free, free, free!”. The wife in this second short story was young when she got married, she wasn't able to live a lavish life by herself. These women were both able to experience freedom in the