RENAISSANCE HUMANISM HOW FAR ‘WOMANISM ‘? AN ANALYSIS WITH REFERENCE TO SHAKESPEARE ’S "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" The Renaissance denotes in its broadest sense‚ the gradual enlightenment of human mind after the darkness of the middle ages. It was indeed a complex movement in the 16th century that tended to liberate the mind and imagination of Europe from the medieval fetters; especially the traditional Christian outlook and
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Katherine is the main character in the movie Taming of the Shrew‚ she starts out as the shrew suggested by the title‚ but is not at the end of the movie. What causes her change is a psychological happening more than a physical happening. At the beginning of the story she is the very definition of a shrew‚ a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant‚ (from dictionary.com). This was the case because she was jealous of her sister‚ who was more beautiful and sought after by suitors than she‚ this
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Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew from the Elizabethan England period and Gil Junger’s teenage film Ten Things I Hate About You‚ released in 1999‚ share many similar elements but at the same time seem completely different from each other. Although both stories work with similar plots‚ many aspects of the Ten Things I Hate About You‚ which is an appropriation of The Taming of the Shrew‚ have been altered to suit the teenage audience of the late 1990’s. Both stories deal with relationships with
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Baptista Minola is a Bad Father The Taming of the Shrew Many people may have their own thoughts on what makes a good parent‚ what really determines whether or not you are a good mother or father? Well a good parent would treat all their children equally; care about their children’s thoughts and feelings‚ and finally a good parent would be able to solve conflicts properly. In the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Baptista Minola‚ the father of the two daughters Kate and Bianca
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The Taming of the Shrew is a dramatic comedy written by Shakespeare that was written in 1593 that takes place near Verona‚ Italy. The play has multiple elements of dramatic irony and comedic language. The play shows the process of marriage back then and the problems that most brides‚ and grooms faced. Often in those days‚ the father of the bride would arrange the marriage of their daughter‚ these arrangements were virtually final regardless of the daughter’s opinion. In the play; Kate‚ a quick-tempered
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In Shakespeare’s comedies The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummers Night Dream‚ both fathers can be overlooked due to their few occurrences‚ but are pivotal to the storyline. In the fathers’ pursuits to find favorable suitors for their daughters‚ their inattentiveness leads to the daughters choosing the men they want to marry. Bianca’s father‚ Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew is consumed with finding a suitor for his eldest daughter Katherine before Bianca‚ distracting him from Bianca’s communication
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in these texts‚ it raises many questions which can change your perspective on the meaning of transformations altogether. Shakespeare’s Hamlet was written in a time of Elizabethan values. The most important value was one of absolute devotion to divinity. This devotion shaped religious thought and the ideas of fate and destiny and the search for meaning contrast greatly to Stoppard’s views which were defined by Existentialist philosophy.
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explain the continued fascination with Katherina in ’The Taming of the Shrew’ Audiences continue to be fascinated and relate with Katherina because of the struggles she faces with not fitting into a very concise‚ social mould. There’s no denying that The Taming of the Shrew is patriarchy at its worst. Shakespeare presents to the audience Katherina - an intelligent‚ highly stubborn woman who is willing to challenge the sexist patriarchal ideologies of the 16th century. She is subjected to many
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reenactment of the play “Hamlet”‚ Tom Gilroy the removed the whimsical ambiance of the original play. In the original play Hamlet played a mischievous opinionated man‚ who seeks revenge for his father death. However‚ in Gilroy’s play‚ Hamlet is played by Jared Harris. According to the Daniels Robert‚ Harris acted out Hamlet in a “shapeless and curiously bland production” (paragraph 1). The entire atmosphere and the individual personalities of the characters do not compare to the dramatic play written
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surrealism in his play but rather combined elements within the society’s social norms in order to craft his works. One play in particular cleverly stretched beyond the accepted social norms in order to produce a comedic effect. This play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ incorporates much of the era’s social norms and laws. Shakespeare‚ who was born nearing the end of the Renaissance‚ accurately portrays a comedic story plot that falls well within the social norms of the time. In a quick summary
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