Journal 1 Hearing that I had to read The Taming of the Shew‚ I was not enthusiastic at all. I read the play previously in my eighth grade literature class‚ years ago‚ and I have not been a Shakespeare fan since then. Also‚ if I had the power to ban Shakespeare from any educational curriculum‚ then I probably would. I believe that Shakespeare belongs in a History class or a class just on Shakespeare‚ for its dated‚ old‚ and not quite fit for many modern English learners like myself. However‚ since
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develops a relationship with Katherine. During the 16th century‚ money was more important than true love and Petruchio grew up to be greedy and selfish‚ while Patrick lived during a more modern and contemporary lifetime that allowed him the opportunity to pursue true love. Patrick and Petruchio have some similar traits‚ like how both of them were interested in money in the beginning. But Patrick Verona from 10 Things is a more compassionate character because he and Katherine find out that they care
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a victim of problems. The way she copes is allowing herself to be easily influenced by her father‚ manipulated by Petruchio. The possibility of a mental illness hinders her to be submissive when women shouldn’t be submissive to their husbands. Katherine from the play The Taming of The Shrew is embodying all of the traits of a feminist but consequently in the play the traits of being a feminist aren’t important anymore. The speech at the end is the illustration of a mentally ill woman so easily influenced
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Meagan Conrad ANT-103 Rough Draft March 16‚ 2012 Transfixed by Dancing Skeletons Katherine Dettwyler’s work in the field while she was in West Africa was exciting‚ filled with humor and even terrifying at times. She dealt with seeing various life-threatening diseases that affected the lives of children her daughter’s age‚ as well as adults. Dettwyler found that almost all of the people she came in contact with were completely oblivious and uninformed of the ways to prevent diseases such as
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From a very young age her father could tell that she was a very smart girl. By the time Katherine was 10 years old she was in high school‚ and by the time she was 13 she had already made it to college where she graduated at the age of 18 with highest honors in 1937. To add onto her list of extraordinary accomplishments Katherine was later (1939) the first handpicked‚ African-American female to attend West Virginia State‚ along with two other males‚ as part
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Leadership Behavior As a result of early criticisms of the leadership trait approach‚ theorists started to research leadership as a set of behaviors. They assessed what effective leaders did‚ created catalogs of actions‚ and identified expansive patterns that indicated different leadership styles. Hughes et al 2014 defined leadership behaviors as actions taken in response to situations. Behaviors were defined as a function of personality‚ knowledge‚ experience‚ traits‚ intelligence attitudes‚ values
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it is curious to note that many have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. The “taming” of Katherine has been contended as being excessively cruel by many writers and critics of the modern era. George Bernard Shaw himself pressed for its banning during the 19th century (Peralta). The subservience of Katherine has been labeled as barbaric‚ antiquated‚ and generally demeaning. The play centers on her and her lack of suitors. It establishes in the first
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Shaw‚ the story portrays how one’s outward appearance is often different from their inner nature. Katherine‚ one of the three protagonists‚ is used to acquiring what she wants. Katherine‚ with rosy cheeks‚ blue eyes‚ and red lips‚ causes all of the boys to instantaneously be infatuated with her looks. She may be alluring and powerful on the outside‚ but inside‚ she is the opposite. While Katherine is trying to pursue Harold‚ another main character who has absolutely no interest in her‚ he realizes
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fortune-hunting Petruchio and Katherine‚ a headstrong woman. After a lengthy battle of the wills‚ the couple come to love each other and Katherine accepts her role as submissive wife. Kiss Me Kate incorporates Shakespeare’s text in the "onstage" portions of the film‚ and parallels the play’s romantic themes in the relationships of the two couples.William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew (ca. 1593) centered around the stormy courtship between the fortune-hunting Petruchio and Katherine‚ a headstrong woman
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the troubled couple Petruchio and Katherine. Harry Mark Petrakis introduces Marko’s tribulations to win the love of Ariadne in the short story‚ “The Wooing of Ariadne”. Shakespeare and Petrakis both show the struggle between the people in a relationship that is required for true love to exist. In The Taming of the Shrew‚ Katherine and Petruchio get through many obstacles to remain unified in the end. Of these obstacles‚ one major obstacle is the fact that Katherine is shrewish and perverse. This is
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