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