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A 5 page research paper that discusses the role of women in Shrew. The writer argues that the behavior of the women in this play is not only against what was perceived as societal norms, but, also a direct contradiction against divine order. Therefore, the function of the women in this comedy is to not only to portray "uppity" women, but to demonstrate the human quality to rebel or "sin" against God's express will. The fact that all of the women in the play, at some point, behave in a shrewish manner suggests that this tendency is presented as universal. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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reflection of the macrocosm of society as a whole. In this paradigm, which was predicted on the Great Chain of Being, God was viewed as being at the apex of
the social hierarchy. Just as a prince owed unquestioning allegiance to God, nobility owed their allegiance to their monarch; and so forth down the social chain into the microcosm of
the home, where each man was could expect allegiance and obedience from his wife. The Bible substantiated this perspective with Paul stating in First Corinthians 11:3: "Now I want you
to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man." In Shakespeares "The Taming of the Shrew," the behavior of the
women is against not only what were perceived as societal norms, but are a direct contradiction against divine order. Therefore, the function of the women in this comedy is to
not only to portray "uppity" women, but to demonstrate the human quality to rebel or "sin" against Gods express will. The fact that all of the women in the play,
at some point, behave in a shrewish manner suggests that this tendency is presented as universal. Nevertheless, following in the paradigm of the Great Chain of Being, it is the
husbands duty to lead his wife toward proper behavior. Inherent in the relationship between God and humanity, which the marriage relationship is suppose to reflect, is that Gods love
redeems the frequently disobedient human race. Therefore, Petruchios non-violent and, ultimately, affectionate manner of "taming" his wife, that is, leading her toward correct behavior, is presented as the ideal.
Petruchio announces his strategy for wooing Katharina early on: "Say that she rail; why then Ill tell her plain/ She sings as sweetly as a nightingale" (II.i.171-172). As this
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