Bianca abandons her husband when the Duke forcefully professes his admiration for her and offers her a life of luxurious ease. Meanwhile, Isabella quits resisting her arranged marriage once she realizes she can use it as a cover to conduct an affair with her true love, Hippolito. All the deceit culminates in the deaths of the main characters during a play within the play performed in front of the Duke. Love is not portryaed favourably in Women Beware Women . The lessened importance of love is shown in the powerlessness of women in the play and the control exerted over them by the men.
Love is also a function of lust.
We see an example of the objectification of women right from the beginning, when Leantio brings Bianca home to his mother. Leantio is overjoyed at his good luck to marry a beautiful woman who is above his station, but he repeatedly refers to her in ways that show her to be a prize to him, not a person. Leantio is happy with his prize, but his fears of losing Bianca to another are later realized. She is using his desire for her as a ladder to go up in the world and to escape the control of hard parents. Still for her part, Bianca at first displays great love and willingness to sacrifice comfort for ther husband, Leantio.