showed a different meaning of love between the Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You. In the 1600s women were property and in the movie Katherine had a say in who she went out with. In the Taming of the Shrew Petruchio was in it for the money and never loved Katherine‚ but in 10 Things I Hate About You Patrick was paid to take Katherine out and ended up falling in love with her. These differences are between the Shakespearian play The Taming of the Shrew and the movie 10 things I Hate
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Petruchio’s words‚ Katherine shows that she is not intimidated by any man‚ and nor does she have any interest in foolish banter. Katherine also uses her language to resist the patriarchy when she continues to verbally attack Petruchio. Katherine fires back in reponse to Petruchio’s sexist comments with retorts such as “Asses are made to bear‚ and so are you” (2.1.199). Here‚ Katherine is directly calling Petruchio a beast of burden that has little to no intellect. In this time period‚ women were
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Taming of the Shrew: Investigation of Katherine Taming of the Shrew is focused on two sisters during their exploration of courting and eventually marriage. These two sisters‚ named Bianca and Katherine‚ have polar opposite personalities. One sister does not even consider the possibility of spending the rest of her life tied to a controlling man‚ while the other sister is the center of attention for all male suitors within a 100-mile radius and enjoys the devotion. Although the play begins with
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character named Katherine who lives in Padua. She is quickly adapted as an impolite and ill-behaved young woman. Their father won’t let her younger sister‚ Bianca‚ get married until Katherine does first. Her stubbornness and negative attitude makes it nearly impossible to stay in that kind of a relationship. However‚ Bianca is a much more likable person who have multiple men waiting to marry her. These men will stop at nothing to free Bianca from the prison she is trapped in. Katherine is described
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the Shrew”‚ the shrew Katherine had a very bad attitude on life and just about everything else. Bianca wanted to get married. She had all of the men’s hearts‚ Katherine had none. If Katherine got married then Bianca could get married. She really was a shrew who needed to be tamed. No one wanted to marry Katherine until Petruchio arrives in Padua to find a wealthy wife. He and Luciento 1 of Bianca’s suitors were talking‚ as a joke Luciento mentioned to Petruchio marry Katherine. Petruchio thought of
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harming too society in any way‚ but I have many reasons why I think society could be better if we didn’t rely so much on entertainment. As Craig Watkins writes in the essay‚ fast entertainment and multitasking in an always-on world‚ “like fast food‚ fast entertainment is easy to get‚ all around us‚ and typically cheap‚ but not always good for you.” (Watkins 143) Entertainment‚ especially things like social media‚ YouTube‚ Facebook‚ and Instagram‚ definitely have the capacity to somewhat ruin society
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Kailey Watkins Watkins 1 Kelly Paul English 102 29 September 2011 Topic Analysis Got Ink? In todays generation the question has more or less evolved to‚ who doesn’t have a tattoo? Yes‚ it has been a colossal shift from days gone by where tattoos where really only found among bikers and prisoners. Anymore‚ people from all religions get tattoos for
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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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buildings and vibrant public spaces. For centuries the Forum was the center of public life in Rome. From elections‚ to public speeches‚ to criminal trials‚ the Roman Forum was the most celebrated meeting place in the world‚ and in all of history (Watkin). First developed in the 7th century BC‚ the Roman Forum was initially a market place used for festivals‚ over time it grew to become the social‚ political and commercial hub of the Roman Empire. Built by Romulus‚ the founder and the first king of
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Shakespearean play The Taming of the Shrew‚ Katherine is perceived to be a “shrew” because of her uncontrolled hostility and impudent behavior. Some believe at the end of the play Petrucchio tamed Katherine. However‚ she was not tamed. Katherine was rude to her father because he tried to control her life. Katherine so badly wanted to be in charge of her own decisions and for that reason she would not become tame for any man‚ even her father. Katherine also shows no sign of trying to make ends meet
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