Femininity In The Taming Of The Shrew

Femininity and masculinity have changed over time in that men in the Elizabethan period were privileged over women. Whereas in contemporary society, men and women are seen as mostly equal. This is shown in the film texts studied this term, the two films studied were The Taming Of The Shrew made in 1967 and the other was Ten Things I Hate About You made in 1999. In The Taming of The Shrew all the men are controlling most aspects of life and when Petruchio forces Katherina into marrying him, this is seen as comical, despite the fact that she is forced has to marry Petruchio owing to his desires. In Ten Things I Hate About You Patrick wants Kate to go out with him but she also has a say in it, which reflects the different ideologies of the era and the invited audience. I think that in The Taming Of The Shrew it is an exercise in misogyny but in Ten Things I Hate About You I think it is a love story about a man liberating a woman.

Masculinity and femininity is a prominent theme throughout both of the films. In the films it shows how the theme masculinity and femininity have changed over time. In the Elizabethan era being a women was very tough because they were …show more content…
In the film Ten Things I Hate About You, the theme is more evident because it is a love story, whereas The Taming Of The Shrew is not. In the film Ten Things I Hate about You, Patrick falls in love with Kat, even though he was only dating her because he is getting paid for it. When Kat says, ‘But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you at all, not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all’. This shows Kats love for Patrick. In the film, The Taming Of The shrew the theme of love is not evident. This is because Petruchio does not fall in love with Katharina instead he only married her because of the large dowry her father is giving him. This shows that Ten Things I Hate About You is a love story and The Taming Of The Shrew is an exercise in