In his plays, there are around 170 roles for women, compared to about 700 for men (Packer 117). ... They were either a whore or a virgin. ... In an argument over a hat, Kate demands, "Love me or love me not, I like the cap, / And it I will have, or I will have none" (4.3, 84-85). ... Then, Petruchio changes his mind, saying it is, indeed, the sun shining. ... She expresses this clearly: "Then, God be blessed, it is the blessed sun. ...

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Gwyn Page 65 paragraph 3) These soldiers appeared to be like second sons to Mother Savage, doing what her son would be doing if he were there. ... Mother Savage then removes the ladder from the loft leaving the soldiers cut off, and then she begins to fill her kitchen with straw. ... As she was standing there watching, she was "armed with a gun, her dead son's rifle, to make sure that none of them could escape."" ... They were not allowed to vote, they were not allowed to work jobs other than teaching positions, and in the eyes of the law, "married women were legally dead". ... She wa...

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"Behind every great man, there is a great woman." ... These wives were left at home while these men did their jobs to run the nation. ... She is just one example of what these women were like as they were left to their own devices at home. ... "They came from very different circumstances, and Martha was considerably older than the other two, but they had something in common few other people did: their husbands were marked men, traitors to the Crown, none more so than the Virginia gentleman George Washington. ... "Drawn away from home by the cause of rebellion against the British, John counte...

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These were improper loves because they constantly stalked him. ... However there was litte to be known of the affair with Fujitsubo. ... They shared this place equally and according to Pekarik there were no signs of jealousy between them. ... If what Jakucha said was true, then why didn't she provide evidence or examples from the tale itself? ... This is also a prime example of social dominance because none of these women had the bravery to express how they felt about the situation they were in. ...

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