The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1 Scene 1

In Act 1 Scene 1 of 'The Taming of the Shrew', we are introduced to two characters, Lucentio and his servant, Tranio. They have travelled here for Lucentio to continue his education. Lucentio is very attracted to Bianca, the daughter of Baptista. However, Baptista declares that Bianca will not marry before his older daughter, Katherina. Lucentio comes up with a solution to woo Bianca and swaps clothes with Tranio in order to become Bianca's schoolteacher. Tranio does his best to adopt the role of Lucentio and warns Biondello, another servant, not to call him by his real name in public as Lucentio creates a story to convince her.

The Taming of the Shrew: Introduction 1

In lines 101-124 of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ by William Shakespeare, the play gives descriptions of how women are obliged to behave.
It  mentions “dressed in all suits like a lady”. This suggests that all women really care about are clothes and appearance.
It also quotes “rain a shower of commanded tears” which implies that women will cry at anything, and so he needs to be able to cry at any moment in order to make the part believable.
The text suggests that women are always meant to do as their husbands command. For example, “noble ladies” and “humble wife”.
It also explains that a woman should be tempting and loving with quotes such as “make known her love” and “with kind embraces, tempting kisses”.

Sexist videos.

We were shown these sexist videos in our lesson. The women were portrayed as people who didn’t know anything, who were only supposed to be there to look pretty, and who were only interested in things such as ‘fluffy kittens’ or ‘embroidering’. There was a woman shown who opinionated about politics at a dinner party, for example, and the men all looked at her in disgust. For another example, there was a woman getting into a car to drive and the narrative quoted “She’s getting into the wrong side, the driving seat” as the audience laughed.

In my opinion, women should-under no circumstances- be portrayed in that way as, while some women may well enjoy embroidery, others may prefer football (for example). Men and women should always be equal to each other, as it really doesn’t depend on the gender of a person to be able to tell what they’re into and what they do. And, as the video explained that women will stop taking in knowledge within a short time and ‘their minds will become a mess’, this is also untrue as the knowledge of someone depends on how they are taught and, again, not their gender.

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