Petuchio: In The Eyes Of Society
Petruchio: In the Eyes of Society
“I swear I’ll cuff you, if you strike again.” This is the line of a man threatening to hit a woman but only out of retaliation against her. He would do her no harm if she would do him none, but the comment is rebutted with, “So may you lose your arms: If you strike me, you are no gentleman; and if no gentleman, why then no arms.” This excerpt from William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew tells quite a bit about the society in which the play is written. A true gentleman does not hit women. Being a gentleman was not just to be courteous to those around you, but the world of sixteenth century England is heavily based on what everyone thinks of other people. No one person was ever in control of this either. It was the masses. The entire society of London controlled what people did in all aspects of their life. I think this is very well represented in most of Shakespeare’s works, especially in Taming of the Shrew. From just one line you......
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