They were denied basic human rights and freedoms that men received with ease because it was believed that women meant nothing more than a means to an end in the lives of men and as their role in the household. ... The common characteristics of what was expected of a woman hundreds of years ago was someone who acted as if they had no cares, uneducated, dependent, and only cared for the petty things of life. ... Women were expected to act as these shallow, emotional creatures that had no depth mentally and could serve as helpless, reliant, and obedient wives to their ruling and overbearing husb...

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To which her response is: "O speak to me no more; these words like daggers enter my ears"." ... Although, because there are no other examples later on in Shakespeare's revenge tragedy of this possible incestuous relationship, it is more likely that he was just looking after his sister. ...

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