The play has a seemingly cynical attitude towards two basic human concerns: sex and the ordering of society. ... Angelo reinstates an old law that will help stop the youth of Vienna from having pre-marital sex. ... Here Shakespeare uses the problem of pre-martial sex as a pun to show the citizen of Vienna as rotting from sexual diseases that plague the city. ... Here Shakespeare uses woman as objects to propel the plot. ... The shady world of Pompey, Lucio, and Mistress Overdone deals with similar themes as the main plot- sex and criminal justice- but contrasts with it, being bawdy about sex ...

• Word Count: 1657
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Shakespeare allows responders to realise Iago's plans of using women around him (Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca) as pawns to revenge against Othello through a soliloquy, further reinforcing the view of women as objects without emotions. ... The two framing of men who cross the acceptable proximity of space is accompanied by soft, romantic music, creating a feeling of intimacy between same sex characters. Othello's rejection from Emilia's request for sex and her consistent acts of seduction can be indicative of his preference in gender. ...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the play "Hamlet," by William Shakespeare, characters conflicting with their own personal desires becomes a trend; adding conflict, emotion, and imagery for the reader. One character in particular seems to fit the description of paradoxical with her own self; Ophelia. Ophelia is a prime example o...

• Word Count: 668
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Act 4 ends with Emilia asking for equality between both sexes (this theme also appears in the other plays we read). ... Even though Emilia asks for equal treatment among the sexes, she is fully aware this will not likely happen. ... They seek (or strive for) respect and equality between both sexes, and fall short in a male-dominated society. ... The main characters view their wives or significant others as inferiors and usually merely as objects of lust and physical desire. ... The concept of equality among both of the sexes is one that truly emerged only at the start of the 20th century. ...

• Word Count: 4504
• Approx Pages: 18

Here Shakespeare creates an image relating to sex. He presents a new question to her, asking if she does not want children only because she does not like sex. ... The two questions presented in these lines are meant to show that it is just as unlikely to find a wife who disdains having sex with her husband, as it is unlikely to find a man who would rather masturbate then want to make love to a real woman. This may be a little lurid for some tastes, but considering the speaker is dealing with someone who clearly doesn't want to have sex, the audience needs to be reminded just how unnatu...

• Word Count: 3329
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Women can be seen in paintings, where they are positioned so only their profile is exposed and various personal objects are scattered about the background. ... Her final speech, impressive and illuminating eloquence and strength, so deviates from the soft spoken, unheard Renaissance woman that, (utilizing the conventional, and superior, image of the male sex), it seems to project that, in this battle, she is, in fact, the bigger man. ...

• Word Count: 2519
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

They were naturally subservient, domestic creatures, seen as objects of desire or a medium of exchange. ... This sex romp also profited from the off screen trials and tribulations of two stars, Taylor, and Richard Burton as Petruchio. ...

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