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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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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of Robert Langdon while he is on a hunt for Peter Solomon‚ a friend of his who had been kidnapped by a man that has mystery surrounding him. In the novel‚ the fight against evil is taking place from three separate view points‚ Robert Langdon’s‚ Katherine Solomon’s‚ and‚ later in the story‚ Inoue Sato’s side. Robert Langdon is probably one‚ if not the most vital characters in the story. Robert is a professor of symbology at Harvard University‚ and is a dear friend to Peter Solomon. Peter is a secretary
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names‚ such as Katherine‚ Bianca‚ and Petruccio who is Patrick. These characters are not only similar in name alone‚ but they fall into their expected roles like pieces of a puzzle. The plots deal with the same major issues. The whole premise of the desirable Bianca not being able to have a relationship until her tempestuous older sister Katherine finds a man is consistent in both versions of the story. The men concoct a scheme and get someone to pretend to be attracted to Katherine so
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change this. Petruchio did not give a single thought about Katherine in the play‚ all he wanted was a tamed wife‚ nothing else because she is a slave. Nowadays women are perfect‚ they are the backbone of our race‚ and they are great and are a match to men. Petruchio actually cares about Katherine once he realizes how great she is in the movie and what she is capable of. The play is about the taming of a Shrew whom is named Katherine. She is a rude and nasty person as everyone thinks that of
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" was made to acknowledge the forgotten efforts and successes of three African American women‚ who fought for what was right even with the opposition they faced. These three women have been forgotten but their works are to be forever remembered. Katherine Johnson‚ a physiatrist and a mathematician who contributed to the United States space program; Mary Jackson‚ the first African American female engineer; and Dorothy Vaugh‚ NASA’s first African American manager. Together these three women‚ in their
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it will be more interesting. He talks about three middle school students‚ Katherine‚ Charley and Harold‚ who break out of their mould‚ and come out to be what readers don’t expect. This story begins with a pretty popular girl in a middle school‚ named Katherine‚ who breaks out of her stereotype and shows her real image to the readers. Generally popular girls in school are yielding‚ modest and generous. But‚ Katherine is really stubborn‚ arrogant‚ and selfish. There are many incidents that
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