Women In Taming Of The Shrew And The Canterbury Tales

‘What is a real woman?’ William Shakespeare’s : Taming of the Shrew and Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales : The Wife of Bath’s Tale deals with the Middle Ages or medieval period lasting from the 5th to the 15th century. beginning with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and emerging toward the Renaissance (14th to the 17th century) and the Age of Discovery. At this point in time, women of scarce fortune had domestic and laboursome duties, both inside and outside the household, i.e. tending to her children, preparing food and tending the livestock. By comparison, from Generation X (1965) onward, the roles of women have took a sharp turn, which shows prime example of how quickly the times move, since Taming the Shrew was published only some decades previously (1934). Throughout the more demanding times of the year, for example

Drastic changes have been made in both physical, mental and emotional formats over the centuries. Both plays deal with a form of bullying and mental/physical abuse toward genders. With every page you turn, you grow acutely aware of the stigma behind domestic abuse. It is unfortunately truthful in saying domestic abuse has always and realistically will always be a factor in society and marriage. The only difference between now and then is that there is more awareness and willingness for the subject to be talked about, however uncomfortable it is because there are resources to help in most situations. At the point in time of publishing both texts, women did not have the option of complaining about their marriage or reporting a problem because their voice was unheard of. Once a woman was married off she became a material object and was owned by her husband. He could do with her what he will, which was the harsh reality of that time. Women knew no