Taming of the shrew assay Topic: Treatment of women in Shakespearean times

Taming of the shrew assay
Topic: Treatment of women in Shakespearean times
The treatment of women back in Shakespearean times was not like today. During that era the woman did not have any say, their opinions did not count for much nor could they freely express themselves. It was the male gender that made all the decisions for them for example if a woman was of marrying age the father would arrange who and when she was to be married whether she wanted to get married or not. Even the man was to be accepted by the father not by the daughter. In the play "The Taming of the Shrew" we read of…