Shakespeare shows in this play two kinds of women, the one who follows
the rules of the Decorum (the good manners and proper behaviour that women
should show at the time) and the one who rejects this submission. Baptiste’s daughters are able to behave in both ways,
Bianca was docile and became a “shrew” while her sister was the “shrew”
of the story and was tamed. The difference is that Bianca acts more
intelligently, she offers her suitors and her father the image they want to see
in order to achieve what she wants, she manipulates them although women had
very little power over men (in theory) in Elizabethan times.
Academic year 2006/2007
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