"Much Ado About Nothing" : Women's Roles during the Elizabethan Era

In the Elizabethan Era, a society dominated by men, women had little input. Common rights and abilities of our time such as voting, going to school, and achieving steady jobs were impossible for the average Elizabethan woman to achieve. This disparity of power prominently appears in the works of the time period's most well-known playwright, William Shakespeare. In his "Much Ado about Nothing", Beatrice, one of the most powerful women in all of Shakespeare's work, …

…women's rights have increase, they still have a long ways to go with men like John Knox believing that "Women in her greatest perfection [were] made to serve and obey man." (Knox) Fortunately, we woman with Beatrice's characteristics in this world today and with more job opportunities, education, and rights; this will not only allow them to have a better life but also a better chance of making life easier for women in the future.