With close reference to Kate(TM)s final speech, discuss Shakespeare(TM)s treatment of women in The Taming of the Shrew

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With close reference to Kate's final speech, discuss Shakespeare's treatment of women in "The Taming of the Shrew"

In this essay I will thoroughly discuss the treatment of women in the film "The Taming of the Shrew". I would have to say that my first impression of women in this film was that they where treated very harshly compared to men, they where treated like men's possessions; like slaves basically. They would have no money and also they were not allowed to decide who they wanted to marry, it was their father's decision. Compared to men, they where the superior people. They ordered women and treated them like slaves. However, after a close analysis of Kate's final speech my opinions changed dramatically towards the treatment of women in "The Taming of the shrew". I think this because Kate in her final speech changes vividly as she lectures all the women how to treat their husbands. I will go through thorough analysis of Kate's final speech later in this essay.

In Elizabethan times, men were considered to be the leaders and women their inferiors. Women were also regarded as "the weaker sex", not just in terms of physical