The inductions from Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" is "unequivocally misogynistic" for it truly does transfer distaste for women. "In this comedy, the desire of a women to reject all suitors who are not to he liking is the female need which is to be brought under male control". This is foreshadowed before Shakespeare presents the play within the play. The Lord is one character of who represents the fatality of life for a women in great depth; a women "May show her duty and make known her love". The repetition of "duty" is coherent, this feels like an attack towards the audience to convince them of what worth a women had during the Elizabethan era. To a modern day audience it could be concluded that into simple terms women are inferior to men. This associates to what McEvoy presents. McEnvoy insists that "the play becomes a kind of fantasy of male wish fulfillment". From what I have read of the play so far, this is presented very thoroughly. The want for Petruchio for a wife, the want for Lucentio's scholar in Philosophy, the want for Hortensio's admiration of Bianca. What about a woman's want, is this why Katherina is so disobedient, aggressive and envious?
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