Logan Perniciaro Derry English II 16 March 2023 Love, Identity, and Obstacles “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ”-Dr. Seuss. Identity is an essential part of society and is how others see us. In Shakespeare’s
The men in this play are very arrogant and hard headed. The women in this play are very understanding and tend to notice little details and look into things more closely. At the start of the play the men were talking down upon the women. By the end of the play
Wouldn’t they just laugh!” (lines 349-350). Over time women came to accept that the men would treat them of lesser value because of their sex. Many times throughout the play such as the quote just stated, the men treat the women terribly and the women just stand there and take it. Their actions suggest women respected the men and in return didn’t always get respect back.
In ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, honour plays a significant role when it comes to marriage. Honour impacts everyone and plays a significant influence in the actions of numerous characters throughout the play, even leading to the breakdown of a marriage. Shakespeare may have intended to represent the importance of honor in his own society. Men place a high value on it in play, and it governs every aspect of their behavior. Much Ado About Nothing, like many Shakespeare comedies, centers around the principal character's quest towards marriage, with Messina serving as the backdrop for romance.
Shakespeare explores this regard for honor and its implications through a comedic lens in Much Ado About Nothing. He emphasizes the importance of maiden chastity in the plight of Hero, who is disgraced after accusations of a premarital affair. One’s sense of honor held notable significance in his era, but society is always evolving,
Shakespeare believes that Gender roles shouldn’t be the stereotype of any relationship because the roles can be switched, and them being switched can cause a lot of trouble. When a woman thinks for men it ends up pretty bad. The play Macbeth shows that when a man follows a women's word because they love them, that's when
I have concluded that after reading William Shakespeare’s story of Much Ado about Nothing, that the women’s worth in the play was based on chastity because of the way they were seen as property. The critics I analysed shared these opinions and highlighted the need for a shift in perspective. The critics being Mary C. Williams and Nikki Leibbrandt also focused on different points of the play, emphasising their main themes in a way that founded mine. Mary C. Williams (1984) stated that, “For Hero, chastity is not just anything or something, but very nearly everything”. Highlighting that for Hero in particular, as a woman had a simple, meaningless role to play.
In today’s world, gender expectations and roles of men and women are a highly debated topic. However, the reconsidering of these expectations is not a new phenomenon. Set in Verona, Italy, the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare explores the reversal and fluidity of characteristics usually assigned to a specific gender. In this play, two young people fall in love and end up tragically taking their lives as a result of their forbidden love. Shakespeare suggests that men are not necessarily masculine, women are not necessarily feminine, and that when people are forced by society to act the way their gender is “supposed” to, problems will arise.
It can be hypothesised that Shakespeare was testing the waters to break gender norms and perceiving women as independent, dominant and powerful beings through his
At that time in history, the status quo and social norm was simple. Patriarchy was the predominant force as men were regarded as superior to women, both in society as well as the relationship scene. Shakespeare attempted to change this perception through his multiple works of literature. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare uses the theme of gender roles to express the idea that the status quo and social norm in the Elizabethan era can be challenged through courtship, father-daughter relationships, and wedlock. The play commences with the courtship of multiple individuals.
Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing, is a play about multiple relationships. Hero and Claudio are the first relationship, and Beatrice and Benedick are the other relationship. The play talks about the ideal traits of a couple in the Shakespearian time period. Times have changed, as couples have evolved and have generally become less “traditional”. Back in the day, the female would submit to the male.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream portrays the ideas of gender specific roles with men being assertive and women being meek when it comes to relationships expectations, celibacy, and dominance, furthermore these roles have been the norm for some time. In the end readers begin to understand the ideas of gender specific roles, and the ways men and women get treated because of their abilities. Men come off as the strong, independent characters, whereas women are meant to be submissive and if anything but that they are thought of as a desperate, slutty young lady. A Midsummer Night’s Dream portrays all aspects of relationships, while teaching readers values expected involving partnership with
Shakespeare's Othello is set during the Renaissance period and therefore the roles of the women in Othello are supposedly bounded by the period when women are considered to be of low intellect. In Othello, most male characters assume that women are inherently promiscuous, which explains why all three women characters in the play are accused of sexual infidelity. Yet Shakespeare develops the women to speak the most sense throughout the play and able to trust other characters in the play. To the men in Othello, female sexuality is a threatening force more than it is an attractive one.
I believe the theme in this play is whether it is a man or a woman that they need to find out what type of person he or she is and they should strive to become it. In the play it seems to show the social injustice upon women, which was inherent in the culture and attitude of the men in the nineteenth century. What stood out to me most in this play is that they thought the husband had all of the potential in the relationship while the wife just took care of the home. In this time century
How are the women in viewed and treated by men in Shakespeare 's Measure for Measure? Female characters in Shakespeare ’s play Measure for Measure are objectified and are expected to be submissive to the male characters wishes. The women are expected to be innocent and pure but as soon as they lose their virginity they are labeled as sluts and whores.
