Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (Women and Economics) wrote "We are the only animal species in which the female depends on the male for food, the only animal species in which the sex-relation is also an economic relation. ... Once a woman reached a marriageable age, she was supposed to do her best to attract and marry a financially solvent man who would take her out of her parents' house and install her in a home of her own. ...
He further employs the language of animal domestication by calling her a "wild Kate" that he will "tame." ... Given the role of women in society during this time period, Kate goes against and defies the supposed "natural- role, therefore she is unacceptable as a woman and regarded with disdain among her fellow peers. ... In the taming process, Petruchio uses a variety of ways to turn Kate into the supposed ideal wife. ...
Katerina as supposed shrewish nature is built mainly on reputation. ... From the nature of the flirtatious banter between her and petruchio when they first meet, she seems to have met her match in wit and there is evidently some sexual tension between them, as can be seen in the animal imagry in their conversation, and refrences to dian, goddess of hunting (who is chasing whom?) ...
Catholics also believe that to be like animals is to be evil. ... Therefore, humans are better than animals, and so, should deny their own animalistic desires. ... She is supposed to be created for the sake of Adam because "it is not good for man to be alone"(Ahmed 61). ...
For instance, belonging to a cult that believes in sacrificing animals or even humans would not give a person a very nice identity. ... Also it is in the mentality of the person who is making the comparison to choose how a woman or man is supposed to think. ...
Brocklehurst makes assumptions that females are automatically and intrinsically inclined to luxury and indulgence, and that they need to be "tamed", thinking that it is his religious duty to deny the girls of food and freedom, basically treating them like animals. ... Women are confined and contained in order to repress their sexuality and supposed deviance. ...
For instance, belonging to a cult that believes in sacrificing animals or even humans would not give a person a very nice identity. ... Also it is in the mentality of the person who is making the comparison to choose how a woman or man is supposed to think. ...
