By exaggerating husbandly dominance
I guess it was part of the character to be dominating
By exaggerating husbandly dominance
I guess it was part of the character to be dominating
Second, there are those who read Kate's final speech ironically, as an act or game
I think I kind of read it as a game. It was too satire to happen in real life.
"gender trouble"
I actually haven't seen this phrase anywhere else before
was not about love or sex or dominance or submission or nurture or money or parents' interests; it was about combining all of them in a way that met at least some of the needs of the community, the parents, and/or the couple some of the time
I can kind of agree with this argument that the play is about finding the need of everyone
Kate is forced either to accept or to escape are instead critiqued
I never thought about how she might be forced to behave like she did
"made to bear,"
this is such a old saying
While there is definitely a sense of mutual play at work here
I feel like they're not really compatible with each other
Marriage as Performance (early para)
I see this in many cultures and sometimes I honestly feel like the ceremony is just for show