How were women supposed to behave in Shakespeare's time?

Answer 1

The Elizabethan women who were commoners would not have attended school or received any formal type of education. Elizabethan women would have had to learn how to govern a household and become skilled in all housewifely duties. Her education would have been purely of the domestic nature in preparation for the only real career option for a girl - marriage! Single Elizabethan women were sometimes looked upon with suspicion. It was often the single women who were thought to be witches by their neighbours. All Elizabethan women would be expected to marry, and would be dependant on her male relatives throughout her life.

The Role of Unmarried Elizabethan

Answer 2

1. Women of all classes were mostly expected to marry, and to run a household, which was an extremely demanding job in Shakespeare's day.

2. Women in those days were expected to be the family doctor.

3. Women were expected to be very good organizers.

4. Upper-class women had to manage the estate when their husbands were away at court or at war, as most noble men were quite frequently.

5. Men expected married women to stay home , cook, do the laundry, clean the house, and look after the children because keeping house was a very difficult job and absolutely necessary

6. It was acceptable for a woman to own her own business in Shakespearean times, especially if she were a widow and had no choice. But married women also ran cottage businesses to supplement the family income. Some husbands were not good providers.

7. In public, English women had a lot of freedom of movement and behaviour, much more than their continental sisters. There were limits, though. Appearing on a public stage was unforgiveably bad behaviour.

Answer 3

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