men, women , and children in shakespeares society

in the time of shakespeare, women were expexted and raised to be humble, docile characters. they were not to speak unless spoken to and were always to respect the men in society.women were also expected to be married at a young age and have children as soon as possible. they were also expected to be "pure" before their marriage. after getting married they were responsible for the rasing of the children and taking care of the household.
men on the oter hand were the "bread winners". they were allowed to have premarital sex without being degraded or publicly shamed. the men did not really have to take part in the household activites. they could speak as they liked in public and did not have to be humble and respectful.

illegitimate children were treated as outcast in shakespears time. they were seen as a shame (mostly a shame on their mothers part). they were not allowed to hold high positions in society for example in much ado about nothing, don john is not allowed to be called a prince as his brother is because he is the product of unlawful sex.

the character in the book who goes against the norms of shakespears society is mainly beatrice;
she is not as humble as hero, she speakes her mind and she is not as respectful as she should be.
beatrice also does not wish to be married as societ says she must be.

tittles are significant

tittles are indeed very significant. much ado about nothing is important because it tells us what is the main idea of the entire play. that is the merry war that goes on between benedick and beatrice. much ado about nothing in modern terms would mean that there is a lot of conflict over nothing.

william shakespeare

william shakespeare was born in staford-upon-avon, england and was baptized on 26 april. his parents were mary arden and john shakespeare; he had seven siblings.

as a child he attended he staford grammer school. he enjoyed reading stories written by latin authors and also learning english. when he got older he worked for a butcher.

shakespeare got married to anne hathaway, who was an orphan. he was 26 years old when she gave birth to his first child, susana. she gave birth to twins in 1585, hamnet. who died in 1596, and judith.

he was a great actor, playwright and poet. his career was based in london, england between the years 1585 and 1592; he however stopped writting for a few years, 1578 - 1582.

william shakespeare was a great writter and is still recognized throughout the world today.

desperation

in brother man we are able to see desperation to a large extent in one chracter, that is cordillia. we see this when she spent the money brother man gave her to feed tad for obeah. because she was so desperate, and she believed the obeah would work she sacrificed tads nutrition for the sake of obeah, which, did nothing for her child.
after all the bad things that happened to her she became even more desperate; she eventually resorted to killing her child and herself.

symbolizom in brother man

well i do agree that the novel brother man is symbolic. i think so because it shows us what could happen to anyone of us. for example, it speaks about domestic violence which is a very real social issue. it also talks about how bad things do happen to good people. for example, brother man helped alot of people but they forgot about that very quickly when a man with draed locks killed someone; they stigmatized him and abused him. this happens everyday. the novel also speaks about obeah, which is not as widespread now as it was when the novel was written, but is still a very real thing. the novels shows what happens when we do not have faith in god; in the case of cordy she went crazy, killed her child and then killed herself.
i think that the novel brother man is of a symbolic nature because it speaks on realistic issues.

in the book brother man we are introduced to several characters, the main one being Bra' man whose real name is John power.

i think that he is portrayed as a Rastafarian Jesus. he is seen as a holy man and a healer. he is usually very kind and cares greatly for others. for example, he takes in Minette, who, like many girls from the country runs away to Kingston. she is treated badly then she meets brother man who takes her in as his daughter. Minette on the other hand, is seemingly in love with bra' man. but she also has feelings for Papacita, an abusive man.

bra ambo is the opposite of bra man as he practices obeah.

i think the book is good so far and the characters do not get boring. i also like the way in which it is written, the language is quite colorful