Men dominated Shakespeare’s society

Blog 11

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Men dominated Shakespeare's society
From wn.com Richard III pt. 1

In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare emphasizes that Claudio, Don Pedro, Benedick, and Leonato see a woman with plenty of virtues, such as purity, noble, kind, and property of them. When a woman get married, women looked to their husbands. A woman's role is to taking care her family and dedicate her time to domestic activities. A man usually brings support economic and he is the king of the house. 

In fact, Hero is inhibited by the male-dominated society in which she lives. She is treated as a toy because men do what they want.  Men take possesion of a woman at their convenience.  She is easily courted and won by Don Pedro posing as Claudio.  She is just as easily seen as a woman in adultery when Don John used Borachio and Conrade to hurt her.

 Despite the influence of the more modern Beatrice, the “merry war” with Benedick may showcase her character to best advantage, but it is clear from the first scene of the play that Beatrice does not easily submit to the commands or beliefs of any man.  She is a woman who spoke up for herself was a “curst” shrew and needed taming. At that time,  she wouldn’t able to keep on resisting men’s attempts to control all her actions because the society didn’t allow, always that men was the king and the women the queen who always was under man’s supervision.