We, as the reader, see this as unfair but they see it as normal as during the Victorian times, a husband could put their wife in a madhouse without question. Maud is presented at first as clueless as to what is going on around her but our opinion changes as we get further into the novel. “’and your last mistress’ she went on then, ‘she was quite a fine lady’” here, Maud is deceiving Sue, making her believe that she is ignorant to her plan. The way Waters’ makes the character of Maud act blind to what is going on around her is how she deceives the reader, by making them believe one thing and then revealing the other. Maud makes Sue believe that she is a lovely, kind person to aid her deception.
Curley’s wife is portrayed as being a whore – but this is only due to the way she dresses, her provocative ways and the way she acts around men, as if she is aware of her femininity. This could suggest that she is only like this because she is bored, like it is something to do – something interesting for a change. She is constantly trying to get people to notice her. But, because of Lennie’s purity and innocence, he doesn’t see her in the way other men do – a sexual object. When Steinbeck quotes “And because she had confided in him, she moved closer to Lennie and sat beside him”, it is clear to the audience that Curley’s Wife is using her sexuality as an object to create some sort of excitement for herself.
From Torvald calling Nora pet names, it shows that Torvald’s sees his wife as an innocent girl and powerless. With the nicknames he used, he compares Nora to fragile and shy creatures and that he needs to take good care of her. Right from the very beginning of the book, the marriage of Torvald and Nora shows what an ideal marriage should be. But then it also shows that Torvald is the one who holds the money, that he is responsible and independent.While Nora is the childish housewife, who is very confident about her looks and she enjoys the money that comes from the hard work of her husband. 2.
101) This is an example that Pertruchio has been able to change Katherina’s attitude and that he has tamed her. Throughout the play however, even though Katherina seems like she has been tamed by Pertruchio and that she isn’t a shrew anymore, the possibility occurs that Katherina is only playing a game with Pertruchio and that once she gets what she wants she will just go back to her normal behavior again. Katherina mentions that it would break her heart not to be shrewish (INSERT QUOTE HERE). Knowing Katherina’s type of personality she is not the type of person to give up or change her mind easily so it doesn’t seem like her to give up all of a sudden and let Pertruchio just change her in that short amount of time. Even though there is no evidence of Katherina
Park 1 18 December 2013 Thy King, Thy Lord, Thy Soveriegn In the play, Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, a prominent character by the name of Katherine is a shrew in the beginning but after her marriage with Petruchio and his determination to tame his wife, in the very end she delivers a speech condemning Bianca and the Widow for not fulfilling their duties as wives. Shakespeare’s diction, imagery, and organization convey a condescending manner as Katherine addresses the wives and an adoration manner when addressing her husband as she openly states that she is willing to submit herself to her husband. In her speech, Kate uses a condescending tone when talking to the wives because they did not come when their husbands asked. In the beginning when Kate drags the wives to their husbands she tells them to “dart not scornful glances from those eyes” and to “unkit that threat’ning unkind brow.” By ordering the wives around, Katherine shows that she is in a higher position than them and therefore has the right to look down on them for their actions. She calls the women “foul contending rebel[s]” and “graceless traitors” to their husbands.
Macbeth on the other hand is easily persuaded and unsure. At the beginning of the play Macbeth and lady Macbeth were very close, this is supported by the how he referred to her in his letter "my dearest partner in greatness" when he informed her about the witches prophesies. He calls her dearest, which suggests they have a very close relationship at the start of the play. He refers to her as his partner, which shows that he thinks of her as an equal and that he respects her. She is his partner in marriage and ironically will soon be his partner in crime.
The Taming of the Shrew Although people can’t change their essential character, they can change their behaviour and attitudes. In Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, Kate’s character doesn’t change but her behaviour does. At the beginning of the play, Kate acts like a shrew, but with Petruchio’s help, she changes her behaviour and uses her strongest traits to her advantage. In the beginning of the play, people hated and didn’t respect Kate, but by the end of the play, those same people came to respect her. In the beginning of The Taming of the Shrew, Kate’s negative behaviour, through her character traits, gains no respect from no one.
Ophelia is a passive, gentle character. She is an obedient daughter and an affectionate sister. She genuinely loves Hamlet, and her only crime is in trying to keep everyone happy. Ophelia is little more than a child, catapulted into a different world by Hamlet's attentions to her, and then just as suddenly, being tossed aside by him. Ophelia is the representation of absolute innocence and her downfall inspires our earnest goodwill, that is, we feel deeply sorry for her.
Ibsen, faithfully, wrote the play as a way to criticize Europe society at the times when people were not interested in any technologies and truths. The ignorance people, in truth, would not regard what is right or wrong. They seem to believe what the majority believe without any consideration. Dangerously, people, in the play, seem to not care about having rights and allow their superior (might) to control anything even the truth. In the conversation between Dr. Stockman and his wife, as an example, Dr. Stockman says that ‘Yes, but I have right on mine!’ His Wife, Mrs. Stockman immediately reposes to his saying that ‘Right!
View of Womanhood in King Lear The portraits of womanhood seen in King Lear are slightly negative. Since the time when King Lear is written when men and women are not equal, it is obvious to see these traits in the play. In King Lear, women are sold, demonized and insulted. Although Cordelia expresses her feminine and righteous virtues, the men’s view constraints it and demines by insulting values of women in a whole. Through quotes from the book, the observation of womanhood is negatively seen by men in the play.