A common theme in the two plays is a contrast of characters. ... However, we also learn early in the play that Kate is not a pushover. ... In fact, Kate can be compared to a wild animal early in the play. ... This belief in her own will is the play's ultimate strength (Bloom 172). ... In 1993, Emma Thompson played the part of Beatrice to great acclaim. ...
She had a strong career as a well-known author under the pen name "Janey Canuck- and she wrote many books and articles for magazines and newspapers mainly about Canadian life. Emily Murphy is also known as the national president of Canadian Women's Press club, the president of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada, and played an active role in the National Council of Women (Cochrane 45). ... Although woman were beginning to play more active roles in society, the few who had succeeded were harassed and discriminated by fellow male colleagues and especially the ones who disapprove...
Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in the era known as the Middle Ages, an era resembling kings, castles, and knights. ... He allows her to express radical ideas on gender theory, demonstrate liberation from gender role restrictions, and defiantly rebuke "auctoritee" by playing with the slippage, ambivalence, and reversal of a female character into male traits. ...
