Have you ever wondered why our modern world today, still consists of such a wide range of historical literature that was written decades ago? Historical literature is so important that in most curriculums around the world, students will have to study these texts at some times in their school life. It allows us as people of the future to assess, and understand the social issues that have occurred in the past, and to avoid tragedies from happening again. Shakespeare is one of the most well-known playwrights who has written most of the historical literature that is studied today. He wrote several plays that display the themes of histories, tragedies, comedies and tragicomedies (Shakespeare, W. 2018). By reading his plays, it allows our world today
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In the play, Katherina was judged and looked down upon for her outspokenness and opinionated personality. In today’s society, women in the world are still constantly abused for having their own opinion, where these women believe that both women and men deserve to be treated equally. In the play, Katherina was forced to marry Petruchio because her father saw Petruchio as a wealthy man. In many parts of the world today, especially in third world countries, girls are still being forced to marry to strangers that are much older than themselves, and becoming housewives at a very young age for wealth and family reputation. Girls are made to believe that they’re less powerful than men at a young age and that belief then passes on to generations to come. The play especially values the family reputation, focusing on raising a pleasant and polite daughter to become housewives. Men are highly admired for their work in taking care of his family and being leaders. Some of those values can be recognised in today’s society, where society still focus on the belief that being a woman, her job is to raise children, prepare meals for her husband and do the housework, and being a man means work, bring in income, and be the leader of the family. To some extent, the values and beliefs that the people in the 16th century and in today’s society are somewhat still similar. Despite all these studies we’ve done over decades, looking at historical literature. Our world still consists of so many events and places where gender role have such tremendous effects on the lives of women, including their freedom of speech and their happiness. Would you want your daughter to grow up in a society where women are gender role determines who they are and what they can
In the play, Katherina was judged and looked down upon for her outspokenness and opinionated personality. In today’s society, women in the world are still constantly abused for having their own opinion, where these women believe that both women and men deserve to be treated equally. In the play, Katherina was forced to marry Petruchio because her father saw Petruchio as a wealthy man. In many parts of the world today, especially in third world countries, girls are still being forced to marry to strangers that are much older than themselves, and becoming housewives at a very young age for wealth and family reputation. Girls are made to believe that they’re less powerful than men at a young age and that belief then passes on to generations to come. The play especially values the family reputation, focusing on raising a pleasant and polite daughter to become housewives. Men are highly admired for their work in taking care of his family and being leaders. Some of those values can be recognised in today’s society, where society still focus on the belief that being a woman, her job is to raise children, prepare meals for her husband and do the housework, and being a man means work, bring in income, and be the leader of the family. To some extent, the values and beliefs that the people in the 16th century and in today’s society are somewhat still similar. Despite all these studies we’ve done over decades, looking at historical literature. Our world still consists of so many events and places where gender role have such tremendous effects on the lives of women, including their freedom of speech and their happiness. Would you want your daughter to grow up in a society where women are gender role determines who they are and what they can