WOMEN & MARRIAGES

The Taming of the shrew and Romeo and Juliet

The Taming of the shrew and Romeo and Juliet

Introduction

The concept of women and marriage that is shown in the play “The Taming of the shrew” and “Romeo and Juliet” had changed throughout the generation gap of the 21st century and the century of when the taming of the shrew and Romeo and Juliet were written. The marriage is the union of a man and a woman which is generated through certain rights or legal proceedings and people in the 21st century are more concerned about the idea of marriages as compared to the past as in the 21st century marriage is considered as the most crucial need of people.

“Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner.” Amy Bloom

Marriage Perspective

The Taming of the shrew and Romeo and Juliet

The play, Taming of the Shrew are written in by the William Shakespeare. The play starts with a framing device in which a drunken tinker named Sly is tricked into thinking he is a nobleman by a mischievous Lord. The Lord then has a play performed for Sly's amusement, set in Padua with a primary and sub plot. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew.

The play Romeo and Juliet show the love of two people who did not prefer to marriage. Moreover, the Taming of the Shrew is a romantic comedy; this play emphasizes mainly on the relationships between women and men, which is based on the romance as both men and women build up from preliminary concern into the marriage. In this relation, this act is a distinctive comedy which is the base on the romance. Nevertheless the other comedies of Shakespeare do not bring to a close its examination of marriages and love with the event of wedding. Relatively, this shows a considerable glance into the prospect lives of the married couples, one that hand round to round out its examination of the social perception of love.

Contrasting in Romeo and Juliet, the personal expressive desire plays only a less crucial role to play that is “The Taming of the Shrew's” perception of love. As an alternative, that play that is “The Taming of the Shrew” focuses on the economic aspect of marriages specially, how the economic thoughtfulness finds out who will marry to whom. The act tries to look at the romantic relationships from the social perspective which will include the institutions of courtship and marriage rather than the inner passions of lovers. In addition to this, the play emphasizes on how the courtship make an impact not only on the lovers, but also the parents of the lovers, the friends also the servants. In the broad spectrum, while the wife and husband carry out the relationship of marriage after the wedding, the relationship of courtship is agreed to ...