After reading the Taming of the Shrew and watching Ten Things I Hate About You. I have realized that their are many similarities and differences between the play and the movie. I will be going into detail about these similarities and differences later in my paper. I will also be explaining a more in depth description of the major characters. Also if you have not read the Taming of the Shrew or watched Ten Thing I Hate About You‚ I would highly recommend it. I’m going to start off by telling you about
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Relationship Analysis The play The Taming of the Shrew is about society and deception. Two wealthy women are awaiting a marriage that would not happen unless Katherine‚ the older of the two and a shrew got married first. As the men of padua lie about who they are in order to woo the beautiful Bianca‚ Petruchio marries Katherine in attempt to tame the untamable as many would claim. The movie 10 Things I Hate About You was about two sisters who were polar opposites. Bianca was popular and everyone
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The Taming of The Shrew In the Taming of The Shrew the relationships that occur are a little odd. You have the one relationship with Bianca and Lucentio where she is the real definition of a wife. And on the other hand you have Kate and Peruchio were Kate seems to be more of the head person in charge. In Bianca and Lucentio relationship is more of Lucentio taking the leading role in the decision making. Bianca is in clear understanding of her role and what is expected of her. Bianca is one women
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Our team’s stance was that Shakespeare portrayed Bianca more positively than Kate in Taming of the Shrew. Throughout the play‚ Bianca is depicted as the ideal 16th century woman who was pure‚ quiet‚ and most importantly‚ obedient. Due to her beauty and her submissiveness‚ she is constantly surrounded by a group of suitors who want nothing more than her hand in marriage. All of the men that constantly long for Bianca’s affection‚ are repulsed by even the idea of marrying someone like Kate‚ and go
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Addie Norgaard English 6° Mr. Miller 5/13/13 Fulfilling Expectations Many lives are ruled by a need to fit in and conform to the ideals of society. William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew centers around the two sisters‚ Bianca and Katherine and their marriages. Kate‚ an unpleasant and undesirable woman‚ unwillingly marries Petruchio who attempts to tame her. Bianca is the ideal woman who is pursued by many men. The play was written in 1590 and set in Italy‚ when submission and obedience were
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In the play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ by William Shakespeare‚ there is a recurring theme of people hiding their real identity. First‚ there are cases of deception‚ such as Tranio pretending to be Lucentio‚ Lucentio pretending to be a Latin tutor‚ Hortensio pretending to be a music tutor. More complex than these obvious examples of deception are Shakespeare’s clever uses of psychological masks. Several characters in the play take on roles that do not agree with their personalities. The psychological
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the world. Today‚ however‚ many people are deciding to ditch gender roles‚ as they are seen as outdated and restricted. In fact‚ this desire to erase gender roles can be traced back to the time of William Shakespeare‚ notably in the novel The Taming of the Shrew. The novel suggests that they are harmful to a relationship‚ seen from the interaction between the characters Kate and Petruchio. It is expressed that gender roles result in violence toward the woman‚ and a lack of liberty for her. Gender roles
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they are analytical fundamental for the play‚ passages where Shakespeare critics human nature‚ and talks about death. One of the most important passages of Macbeth is when he is deciding whether the dagger that he sees is real or if it is fake (Act 2‚ Scene 1). This passage is a monologue of Macbeth‚ it is very important because when analyzed one can demonstrate that it is a summary of the entire play. At first it starts talking about how he sees a dagger‚ and he doesn’t know if it is fake or
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massively changed from shakespeare’s time to now. Women’s roles in society were perceived as less important and not as needed asthan men’s in shakespeare’s time. Women were expected to obey and serve men in that time. At the end of the play Taming of The Shrew‚ the men make a bet on to see whose wife will listen and come to them. Petruchio says‚ “Well‚ I say so and therefore‚ for assurance lets each one send unto his wife‚ and he whose wife is most obedient to come at first when he doth send for her
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Kate becomes a completely different person. On the other hand‚ in Sonnet 121 the poet is forced to consider his own actions against the reproof of others and refuses to submit to their judgment. Kate’s situation in William Shakespeare’s play "Taming of the Shrew" can relate to Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 121" in a way in which both the poet and Kate are socially judged and how they decide to stay true to themselves. Being judged by society
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