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Comparing Taming Of The Shrew 'And Sonnet 121'
How would you feel if you were socially neglected because you couldn't keep up with people's expectations? Katherine Minola, daughter of a wealthy upper class man, was a hot tempered woman who had no interest whatsoever in fulfilling society's expectancy of who she should be. After involuntarily marrying Petruccio, Kate becomes a completely different person. On the other hand, in Sonnet 121 the poet is forced to consider his own actions against the reproof of others and refuses to submit to their judgment. Kate's situation in William Shakespeare's play "Taming of the Shrew" can relate to Shakespeare's "Sonnet 121" in a way in which both the poet and Kate are socially judged and how they decide to stay true to themselves.
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