Romeo And Juliet Gender Roles

At the time William Sprague was one of the richest men in America. Their marriage thrust Kate into the status of royalty. Many people believed that the marriage driven by Kate’s desire to make her father president. Oller asserts otherwise. He states that Kate was “accustomed to issuing commands and being obeyed,” and that “she had given it all up for one long dream of happiness and love.”

Katerina met her match and for her to have someone dominate her was something the kingdom was in no way used to. It is believed that Kate deserved what she got in the end, the common woman that must respect her man, and be second when it comes to opinions. She was not expecting to ever bow to a man and that 's exactly what ended up happening, Shakespeare has a funny way of letting people get what they deserve in the

Baptista is an extremely wealthy man who lives in Padua and has raised his two daughters, Katherina and Bianca. He has done whatever he could do to bring up his daughters to take an appropriate place in their society and has given both his girls an education. In the beginning of the play, Katherina is viewed as a “shrew” and Bianca is viewed as the “prize.” Baptista will not allow Bianca to get married first for two reasons: first, during the time, it was custom for the older sister to be married first, which makes sense why he wouldn’t want Bianca to be married first and second, he wanted Katherina to move out of his house and believed it would be difficult for her to find a husband because of her “shrewish” behavior, so he thought that if he made it forbidden for

He views the world through a romantic lens and is constantly searching for ways to make Kate feel special. This devotion to Kate is what propels him through the time

Kate understands that Petruchio has the power to disarm her power of speech when he ends up wooing her through manipulating her words, so it becomes clear that Petruchio has the strength to tame her. The first lost to Petruchio takes it toll on Kate, and leads to her agreeing with crazy accusations that he makes. He intentionally fictionalized statements and forced Kate through punishments to go along with the schemes, and these schemes were the methods that Petruchio used to subdue Kate. An example of this outrageous act is displayed when Petruchio points to an old man is tells Kate she was treat him as a young girl. Kate obeys this command when she says “Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet,/ Whither away, or where is thy abide?/ Happy parents of so a fair child…”(IV.V.36-38).

Act III of The Taming of the Shrew had a recurring theme of “Marriage”. In scene 2 of this act, Katherina gets married off to Petruchio. Marriage of the time was a very formal, “The Bridegroom wore his best clothes which consisted of a doublet, breeches, hose, box pleated neck ruff and a codpiece. A cloak might also be worn and a pair of boots.” (william-shakespeare.info) Petruchio’s outfit was unheard of, it showed incredible disrespect to Baptista and Katherina.

It this era girls were considered weak and helpless. This is where Kate and Jocelyn fall into place for William to protect them. William took them in and allowed them to travel with them so they would have

At the beginning of the scene, a Character vs Character conflict takes place with Katherina and Grumio. During this brief conflict, it is evident that Grumio has the upper hand (because he is the one with food) while Katherina is starving and begging him to get her something to eat. At the time period, having a servant being dominant over someone of a higher-class wasn’t normal; that is why, ultimately, Katherina beats Grumio, and Grumio is put back in his ‘rightful’ place as a lower class servant. This conflict reveals the thematic significance of the scene regarding the strict importance of the social position of each character. At the beginning, Petruchio wants to marry Kate just for her money, but towards this scene, it shows how that gradually

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When Petruchio marries Katherine it made him a wealthier man and he did not have to worry about finding a wife. There are a numerous amount of situations to prove this point, for example, “Petruchio ‘Then tell me, if I get your daughter’s love what dowry shall I have with her to wife?’ Baptista ‘After my death the one half of my lands, and, in possession, twenty thousand crowns.’” (Act 2, scene 1, line 126-129)

At the beginning of the play, Petruccio talks to Hortensio about his intention to marry. He basically says he only wants to marry for money and Kate is seen as the perfect choice. Even when everyone tries to dissuade him by telling him of her terrible personality, he ignores everyone and says he does not care about all of her other traits. He says that the woman may be as "foul as was Florentius' love," referring to a story in which the knight Florent was forced to marry an old woman who saved his life. She may be as "old as Sibyl," a mythic prophetess who lived forever, but who continued to grow older and older.

In the novel courtship , gender , social class distinguish the living arrangements for the characters in the novel. Gender was overall the most important contribution to the developed interpretation of the text and how era affected the viewpoints or actions of the characters . Katherine and Bianca being leading female roles in the works symbolized the strong sexist succession of the works . Kate being interpreted as a Shrew or bad selection for a wife reflects the ideal role women were expected to portray during this time period . Bianca overshadowed kates assumed crude attitude with her obedience

Like in many other Shakespeare plays disguise is a prominent theme in The Taming of the Shrew. Hortensio, Lucentio and Tranio have their physical disguises but Kate disguises her unhappiness with her shrewish behaviour. Kate is in an extremely unhappy situation - she plays second favourite to her father Baptista and has to put up with her younger sister having more suitors than her. Baptista is an incredibly thoughtless father when it comes to Kate, he humiliates her not only in front of Gremio and Hortensio but in a public place where, as a noble lady, everyone would likely know who she was. He comes up with a cruel proposition that only allows Bianca to be courted if Kate is married.

He doesn’t see her as his equal and he will never see her as his equal. Kate being the outspoken and “shrewd” woman must be tamed like an animal in order to fit her “husbands” definition of a woman. I believe that Petruchio and men that excuse his behavior are the problem, not the women in the play. These individuals believe that shrewd women are the problem and the only solution to this problem would be taming.

In addition to these couples, Bianca’s father, Baptista is a force in the play who initially restricts the Bianca-Lucentio marriage. Lastly,