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    The comedic play entitled “The Taming of the Shrew” written by William Shakespeare‚ is an antifeminist story of how a man named Petruchio tames his wife Katherine Minola into submission. There are many aspects of this play that appear to be sexist toward women; parts pertaining to the organization of marriage‚ the taming of a woman‚ and the social disapproval of a woman refuting something with a man. Though sexist‚ when Shakespeare wrote the play‚ the aspects of the play that are considered unacceptable

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    The Taming of the Shrew is a romantic comedy with a plot that develops intensely‚ however comedic devices are the mainstay for this‚ because without them‚ it would’ve taken away from the characteristics and meaning behind the plot of the story. The Taming of the Shrew has a light and humorous tone full of clever language and wit that brings out the true personality of the characters. Shakespeare’s ability to intertwine this tone into his writing extracts a playful quality and ultimately brings

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    history‚ as well as in modern times‚ women have been oppressed and portrayed as “lesser” than men. This was undoubtedly the case in William Shakespeare’s time‚ as well as in his play The Taming of the Shrew. Throughout the play‚ Katherina‚ the daughter of a rich gentleman‚ is referred to as a commodity and is the “shrew” referenced in the title. However‚ Katherina has many admirable qualities‚ such as being intelligent‚ reasonable‚ and modest. The one of many admirable qualities Katherina has is intelligence

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    Kate‚ and bring you from a wild Kate to Kate comfortable as household Kates.” -Petruchio All that Taming Of The Shrew screams to its viewers‚ is the misogyny of Elizabethan times and the bitter resentment the church had for women.“It’s the story of a ‘shrewish’ woman who is roughly subjected nd forced by her husband‚ It cannot fail to be controversial‚ and often disturbing. The Taming of the Shrew has been considered a view of the trials of marriage‚ a love story or ‘chick flick’ (Females Movie)

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    The hand of a women is the goal of many characters in Taming of the Shrew. However‚ the reason for this goal is different for each. For some‚ such as Petruchio‚ a dowry is the driving force to obtain a woman‚ while others‚ such as Lucentio‚ search for a strong love in the outstretched hand of a female. Even though modern-day romance is all about love‚ in Taming of the Shrew‚ we can see how money is put on the same pedestal of importance. Lucentio proclaims‚ “O Tranio‚ till I found it to be true

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    go through a lot of changes in The Taming of the Shrew. Kat and Bianca go through changes in 10 Thing I Hate About You‚ however the changes are made in Different ways. Both girls can be stereotyped by The Good and the Badde. The Good and the Badde has five stereotypes of women in the middle ages. The stereotypes are Quiet woman‚ Virgin‚ Good Wife‚ Wanton woman‚ and the Unquiet woman. The ranking of the stereotypes depends on the person. The Taming of the Shrew is a play about two girls named Kate

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    “10 Things I Hate About You” as well as “The Taming of the Shrew” are very similar to each other and that the “10 Things I hate about you” is based off “The Taming of the Shrew”. One similarity that I can point out right away is that at the end everything was a happy ending and everyone got there “loved one” The one difference about these two plays that are pretty obvious is that both of the play were made at different times like in the movie “10 things I hate about you” the characters are dating

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    Shakespeare Response In The Taming of the Shrew scene‚ Petruchio is sexualized by not wearing a shirt through most of the scene and making many sexual innuendos towards Kate. Shakespeare added innuendos into a lot of his writing but I did not expect to see so much blatant sexuality as in The Taming of the Shrew. This scene was also different because Petruchio performed many wrestling moves such as body slamming Kate and trying to pin her to the ground‚ which would be seen in WWE Wrestle type acting

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    Knowing this‚ it is obvious that feminism did not exist during Shakespeare’s era‚ and he was essentially doing something no one had ever had the gall to attempt before. In The Taming of the Shrew‚ he created a strong willed woman who voiced her opinions and refused to be married off like a object. Most notable in this play is how Shakespeare presents the men; each one in the play is powerful‚ wealthy‚ handsome‚ or a combination of the three‚ as there is no man that does not have some ability to get what

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    In the beginning of "The Taming of the Shrew"‚ some say Shakespeare portrays Katherina as a very shrewish figure. Others may argue that she is not shrewish but just a very strong willed person. At the end of the play some people say she is transformed into a very kind and gentle person‚ while again others will argue that she is not "tamed" but just putting on an act to "show up" her younger sister Bianca‚ whom has always been more beautiful and charming. Kate is "like a wasp‚ like a foal‚ like

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