A Look on the Impact of the Story-by Cameron Waggoner

The time at which this story takes place is of much relevance to an in-depth analysis of it's meaning. When this story was written, women were expected to be completely beside their husbands in whatever affair he chose to engage in, no matter her opinion on the matter. In other words, they weren't given a lot of 'wiggle room' to do as they please. This would include things like being able to speak out or hold a leadership position. Shakespeare completely defies this ideal, and gives the women in this play (although I hear that he's done it in other plays as well) a role where they speak out often and even against men. While this may not have solved anything immediately, it did a good job of subtly giving the idea that a woman can do much of what a man can do. It's the little things like this that cause equal opportunity employment (and will likely get rid of the glass ceiling in white collar jobs in a matter of years). In fact, it is suggested often that many of Shakespeare's plays inspired the Queen of his time to deliver great speeches that were not expected of women at the time.