Taming Of The Shrew

An audience of the 21st century may find ?The Taming Of The Shrew to be a sexist and offensive play. To what extent do you break with or sympathise with this viewpoint?         In the late sixteenth century women were thought of as objects and as mans possession. There was no such thing as equality between a man and a woman. Men also handle their wives really badly and wanted their wives to be obedient and non to argue. The fix would normally choose the husband for his daughter and it was usually someone generative if possible. Women did not usually have a rank in who they married as was shown in the play. The play is al nigh two sisters, Kate and Bianca, who live with their rich father, Baptista. Bianca seems to be a regular(prenominal) sixteenth century woman who is obedient, but Kate is very several(predicate) and likes to speak her reason and is definitely not obedient. Baptista doesnt want Bianca to line married forwards Kate because Kate is the oldest. This is already an example of how the women are treated ? as if they are owned.          Domestically Kate was seen as a problem. She was not the usual sixteenth century woman and was aggressive and peaked(predicate) tempered. She was preventing her sister, Bianca from getting married and she was disobedient. Kate was waste; as shown in human activity 2 place setting 1 when she tied Biancas Hands together and whipped her. She also threw an musical instrument at her music teacher.         Kate was frustrated most of the time because of the nation of Padua discussing her reputation and her behaviour. People talked about her shag her back and she knew this and it make her temper worse. They said things like:          ?That fowl is stark mad (1.1.69) And sometimes they even insulted... If you want to get a full essay, army it on our website: OrderEssay.net

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