Who Really Wears the Trousers?

In my Humanities course called “Drama”, we studied gender roles in two different societies in plays we read. We read “The Taming of the Shrew” by Shakespeare and “The Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen. In Shakespeare’s play, a man takes control over his wife without her realizing it. In Ibsen’s play, a women is stuck in an abusive relationship and a fake happy mindset, but she leaves her family to find her true self. I liked reading these plays because it gave me insight in society hundreds of years ago. I’m glad our society isn’t that controlling nowadays. The class got to visit the Goodman Theater and learn about acting and writing a script. This made me become more interested in theater and what life skills I can learn from it!

In this Action Project, I wrote a play about women being put down often a couple centuries ago, with DS and OL about gender equality. Here it is!

In conclusion, I loved writing a play and performing it. I wish I would've taken the time to memorize the lines. I enjoyed working with my partners.