The_Tamingof_The_Shrew

The Tamingof The Shrew To what extent do Katherina and Bianca conform to the ideal of women and marriage in Shakespeareís time' It is curious to note the role of women in Shakespearean literature. Many critics have lambasted the female characters in his plays as two-dimensional and unrealistic portrayals of subservient women. Others have asserted that the roles of women in his plays were prominent for the time and culture that he lived in. It is only with close examination of his works that we are able to suppose his intent in creating characters that inspire so much controversy. One will see that while Shakespeare, ostensibly conforms to his contemporaneous attitudes of women, he actually circumvents them by creating resolute female characters with a strong sense of self. The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, and has weathered well into our modern era with adaptations into popular films such as ëten things I hate about youí. For all the praises it has garnered throughout the centuries, it is curious to note that many have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. The "taming" of Katherine has been contended as being excessively cruel by women, play, katherine, bianca, wife, thy, sister, role, one, katherina, characters, behavior, shakespeare, note, husband, female, father, each, yet, shrew, petruchio, own, nature, much, important, wives, whom, whole, true, time, throughout, though, taming, suitors, speech