In "The Taming of The Shrew", a play by William Shakespeare, feminism is indirectly stated through the over powerful males in the play. The dominance of Petruchio in his marriage to Katherine is shown to be mean and even silly, Baptista's control over his daughters' lives is evident, and even comes off as unfair when he forces Katherine, the shrew, to marry before Bianca, and man's lust and need for women is exaggerated through Lucentio …showed first 75 words of 685 total…

…showed last 75 words of 685 total…rights should be limited or women would become totally independent and idle without any obedience or loyalty to their husbands. Even this was very radical for the time, and Shakespeare knew this. He was able to keep critics at bay by placing the play within a playing satirizing the idea, but still allowing the audience to see these new concepts, many of which would become strong points in the modern feminist movements of the 1900's.