Taming Of The Shrew Gender Roles

In Taming of the Shrews by Shakespeare it’s known for its precision to the social codes in the 1500’s.Social codes that were based on gender roles and courtship.In this story he embodies the strong dominant male role, and the weak helpless woman. Shakespeare’s work visualises the reality of the 1500’s, especially in the relationships and living status. Taming of the shrews doesn’t only mimic the behavior of women and men in the 1500’s, but it also shows us and makes us understand the culture and believes.Gender roles and courtship are what bring the story together, to help us understand the world that they lived in. Gender role is what the story is mostly based on. Woman play a role that wouldn’t be accepted in today’s culture. Men had the role of head of the household, while woman had to play the maid. Females were considered weak and intellectually inferior, so males saw them as nothing but a caretakers. Females where expected to respond at the snap of a males fingers. For example, in Act 5 scene 2 Petruchio states to Grumio, “....Say that I command her to come to me.” Katherine gives a response that’s not common in today's society, “You sent for me, sir?Is there something you’d like …show more content…
People didn't marry out of love, they married out of wealth or an arrangement. Parents would sale there daughters to the highest bitter. For instance, Bianca she was only 16 and she was being “sold’ to 30 the 40 year olds that were rich. In today's society 16 year olds aren’t allowed to be intimate with anyone that's above 18. Love is the number one thing kids in today's culture search for. In the 1500’s they believed that as soon as you turn 18 and you're not married, you're running out of time to find a man.Compared to today, you're just starting your life.They supposed once the menstruation dropped, females had to marry. Marriage was used to reproduce and woman were prisoners of the