“I told you once I told you twice don’t ask me about my business. The less you know the better off you are”
“Okay honey. What are you looking for?”
“Never you mind I told you stay out of my business what I’m doing is no concern to you. My business is my business your business is this house. Where I go I go where you go you go which is here cleaning the house so when people come over its nice.”
This excerpt compliments of Saturday Night Live shows how prevalent sexism still is to this day. In the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, women are admired for their beauty as opposed to their personality. The primal instincts of animals show that symmetry is pleasing to the eye for establishing a mate. The suitors in this play do …show more content…
The Taming of the Shrew (1.1.169-72). This shows how infatuated Lucentio is with Bianca. Although he only wants to marry her upon her father’s demand, he doesn’t bother to get to know her first. Another character experiences something similar to this as well.
When Petruchio hears of Kate’s fairness he is sold. He finally meets her and the first thing he says is, “the prettiest Kate in Christendom, /
Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate/
(For dainties are all Kates)—and therefore, Kate. The Taming of the Shrew (2.1.195-97). Petruchio is enamored with Kate’s beauty. Although he has not talked to her until now. Petruchio sees Katherine as a trophy and which he is proud of. He should respect her, and be happy she gave him a chance. Petruchio is sexist towards Katherine, he only appreciates her looks and nothing more.
In The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, readers learn how women were seen as trophies and not seen for their inner beauty. Hortensio and Gremio are turned off by Kate’s fierce personality. Lucentio wants to marry Bianca solely because her father wants him to. Petruchio wants to marry Katherine due to her glamor, and fairness. In the sixteenth century marriage was used as a way to gain an advantage. Men did whatever it took to marry a woman for their own personal
“Okay honey. What are you looking for?”
“Never you mind I told you stay out of my business what I’m doing is no concern to you. My business is my business your business is this house. Where I go I go where you go you go which is here cleaning the house so when people come over its nice.”
This excerpt compliments of Saturday Night Live shows how prevalent sexism still is to this day. In the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, women are admired for their beauty as opposed to their personality. The primal instincts of animals show that symmetry is pleasing to the eye for establishing a mate. The suitors in this play do …show more content…
The Taming of the Shrew (1.1.169-72). This shows how infatuated Lucentio is with Bianca. Although he only wants to marry her upon her father’s demand, he doesn’t bother to get to know her first. Another character experiences something similar to this as well.
When Petruchio hears of Kate’s fairness he is sold. He finally meets her and the first thing he says is, “the prettiest Kate in Christendom, /
Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate/
(For dainties are all Kates)—and therefore, Kate. The Taming of the Shrew (2.1.195-97). Petruchio is enamored with Kate’s beauty. Although he has not talked to her until now. Petruchio sees Katherine as a trophy and which he is proud of. He should respect her, and be happy she gave him a chance. Petruchio is sexist towards Katherine, he only appreciates her looks and nothing more.
In The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, readers learn how women were seen as trophies and not seen for their inner beauty. Hortensio and Gremio are turned off by Kate’s fierce personality. Lucentio wants to marry Bianca solely because her father wants him to. Petruchio wants to marry Katherine due to her glamor, and fairness. In the sixteenth century marriage was used as a way to gain an advantage. Men did whatever it took to marry a woman for their own personal