Give it to me” to show women as little more than slaves to satisfying man’s ego. The emotive, “O curse of marriage!” further elucidates how union between man and woman can be seen as a penalty that suspends freedom. Subsequently, supposed infidelity can be detrimental to a married man’s image, as the repetition of “Reputation, reputation, reputation!” demonstrates that image constitutes what it is to be a man. However, men alone can affect the masculinity of others, as portrayed through the use of animalistic imagery in “Old black ram”. In the practice of seeing black men below white men, the masculinity of the former is threated on account of racial bigotry. Similarly, insubordination towards gender discourse on a whole results in threatened masculinity as see through the anagnorisis of “I obey him, but not now”. This demonstrates defiance of the Great Chain of Being, in which men overrule women. This action leaves man exposed for all his is, thus posing a threat to masculine power over women. Shakespeare illuminates how adhering to gender discourse affects masculinity positively, whilst defiance threatens
Give it to me” to show women as little more than slaves to satisfying man’s ego. The emotive, “O curse of marriage!” further elucidates how union between man and woman can be seen as a penalty that suspends freedom. Subsequently, supposed infidelity can be detrimental to a married man’s image, as the repetition of “Reputation, reputation, reputation!” demonstrates that image constitutes what it is to be a man. However, men alone can affect the masculinity of others, as portrayed through the use of animalistic imagery in “Old black ram”. In the practice of seeing black men below white men, the masculinity of the former is threated on account of racial bigotry. Similarly, insubordination towards gender discourse on a whole results in threatened masculinity as see through the anagnorisis of “I obey him, but not now”. This demonstrates defiance of the Great Chain of Being, in which men overrule women. This action leaves man exposed for all his is, thus posing a threat to masculine power over women. Shakespeare illuminates how adhering to gender discourse affects masculinity positively, whilst defiance threatens