Petruchio and Katherine’s relationship 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
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Katherina Minola agrees to obey Petruchio in the final scene as she claims in her big speech‚ that once married‚ women are a property of the husband‚ like the church is a subject unto Christ‚ so the wives should be their husbands everything. This is shown in line 155 when Katherina Minola says that “such duty as the subject owes the prince.” She believes in this‚ as throughout her time with Petruchio‚ she has not got what she has wanted due to her aggressive behaviour before‚ and Petruchio giving
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The Character of Petruchio In the Play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Petruchio is from Verona with a very rude and mean behaviour. He eventually becomes Katherine’s wife. Although Petruchio appears reckless in his behaviour as well as attire his behaviour is in fact well planned and intended to mirror Katherine’s shrewdness and in the end tame her. Petruchio’s behaviour appears reckless because he wants Kate to realize how bad her behaviour is so she can be a better
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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. This is noticeable early on in the book when she says: “A pretty peat! It is best put finger in the
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temper. Petruchio‚ a gentleman from Verona‚ comes to Padua to marry rich so he can “wive it wealthily” (1.2.76). Once Petruchio meets Katherina‚ he decides to tame her‚ not matter how bad her temper truly is. During the process of taming Katherina‚ Petruchio uses a series of violent actions‚ including physical‚ emotional‚ and environmental abuse. During the 16th century‚ Petruchio’s actions may not have been seen as abuse‚ but 400 years later‚ his actions toward Katherina are considered
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like a fool.’ Here‚ Katherina clearly subverts contemporary social norms‚ as is typical of comedy. She describes Hortensio as a ‘fool’‚ perhaps making a mockery of his foolish chase for Bianca’s affections whilst also threatening him with physical violence. Indeed‚ often in productions of A1S1‚ Katherina has actually thrown a stool at the three male characters in the scene‚ something that is symbolic of her violently subversive nature. Shakespeare therefore presents Katherina in Act One Scene One
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the marriage system and society during his time‚ in his satire play “Taming of the Shrew.” William Shakespeare’s satire play “Taming of the Shrew” is really about the corrupt ideas of marriage. First of all‚ Shakespeare defends women by making Petruchio as abusive of a character as possible towards his soon to be wife‚ Katherine‚ making the readers feel somewhat sympathetic towards her aside from the fact that she has been portrayed as an extremely shrewish woman from the beginning of the play.
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about them from the entire play. My character is Petruchio. Petruchio’s character has two sides. On the surface‚ he appears to be rough‚ noisy and someone who does not care about Katherina‚ as long as she is wealthy. However‚ this is not the main reason he marries Katherina (Petruchio is also wealthy‚ he has many servants).The main reason is to accept the challenge of capturing Katherina as well as taming her. After marrying Katherina‚ Petruchio uses his own unique cruel methods to tame her and
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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 the money and thought it could be great. Petruchio did not want to judge Katherine‚ for others are quick
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The Variations of Katherina Mignola One might wonder if always standing out is a good trait to attain. Katherina Mignola is that kind of person in many situations. Katherina is a very feisty‚ hot-tempered‚ and quick witted individual. Her obnoxious over the top behavior often captures the attention of all the people around her‚ most of the time not in the most positive manner. Katherina’s looks and personality are portrayed differently in each version of the Taming of The Shrew we’ve been exposed
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