She is knowledgeable to the ways of a soldier, yet only believes a portion of what her husband tells her. ... She can't believe women cheat on their husbands, and asks Emilia if she would cheat on Iago. ... If women don't receive respect and fidelity from their husbands, they aren't required to be obedient and faithful. ... Maybe he is a cheating husband. ... Despite the Chivalric Code during the Middle Ages and the ideal of the Courtier during the Renaissance, there was no real societal consequence for husbands that mistreated their wives. ...

• Word Count: 4504
• Approx Pages: 18

Shakespeare accepts these medieval ideals of a hierarchy of nature in which woman is second to man. ... Kate realizes that although she disagrees, her husband's opinion is dominant, and she needs only to agree. ... She even speaks in the third person, signifying that she is not longer number one, but second to her husband. ... Kate declares in her famous last speech, "Such duty as the subject woes the prince, / Even such a women oweth her husband" (5.2, 159-160). ... Beatrice, unlike Kate in some ways, is completely sure of herself and confident that she does not need a husband ...

• Word Count: 2533
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School