Women In The Taming Of The Shrew

“My dear boy, no woman is a genius. Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.” (Oscar Wilde). To interpret this quote one must understand the prehistoric expectations of men and women. That women were often regarded as a symbol of one's specific standard. Beauty, charm and elegance. In Shakespeare's play “The Taming of the Shrew” it exploits the society's presumption of the gender specification. A man must act chivalrous, they must have testosterone seeming out of their core all while protecting the family they've bought. A women must be elementary and gracious at the same, they must never question but simply do. A battle between the sexes and the winner has already been chosen. In the beginning, the character Petruchio exemplifies the pre-modern exposition of the male conjecture. Shakespeare writes Petruchio character a charming, resilient man who believes that he, a man, can change the

Bianca originally fits the explanation of the expectation given to us from the author himself. She is timid, morally acceptable and a sponsor for how a wife should act. It isn't until later on that Shakespeare writes off Bianca character. The theme of deception carries on as we see Bianca become the shrew herself. Her future partner had placed a bet on whether or not Bianca said who she was, where she said she was and overall statistic to see if she wasn't being real. They came to the conclusion that Bianca indeed did not tell the truth and her monstrosity of a soul became apparent to them. “The more fool you for laying on my duty.” (V,2,2637). Factual evidence that proves that Shakespeare explicitly write Bianca character as an overly charming young who was not true to her real identity. This is how he prorated the literary concept of gender towards this specific