... time, women were engaged in practically every craft and trade, and yet the culture remained in the patriarchal ideology (Alvis 381). In The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare accepts the natural subordination of woman to man in the state of marriage. Since Shakespeare's tendency was to work from the personal and the immediate to the general and the timeless, it is not hard to fathom that his ideas on order ... 118-123). By examining these factors in The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado About Nothing: the strong roles of Kate and Beatrice, Shakespeare's represent...

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