In the 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
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In the book Taming of the Shrew appearance versus reality was one of the main themes‚ especially between Kate the young sharp tongued shrew and Petruchio a clever fortune seeking man who is a minor image of his wife Kate. Whereas Kate is known in the town of Padua as being a mean shrew to everyone‚ her husband Petruchio however acts one way in front of everyone but acts differently to his wife Kate. For instance starving her and denning her any sleep since they got to his house from their wedding
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Taming of the shrew The Taming of the shrew was just one of William Shakespeare’s 4 great comedies. Taming of the shrew is based on a king named Baptista who had two daughters named Katherina and Bianca. Both daughters had arranged marriages by there father. Since Katherina was older she had to get married first. Her father chose Petruchio for her to marry. Katherina did not want to get married to Pertuchio‚ but Katherina did not have a choice. Katherina was very disobedient at the begging of
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“The Taming of the Shrew”‚ a play written by famous author and playwright William Shakespeare‚ can be seen as a prime example of a play that is both challenging and enjoyable. The recurring theme of gender inequality is almost always evident in any dealings with characters from the opposite sex‚ from marriage arrangements to simple conversation‚ this idea can be seen outstanding. Shakespeare treats women in a very decrying fashion to make them look more like a property rather than a person and then
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The Taming of The Shrew During the play there are 3 men who are trying to woo Bianca‚ the youngest doughtier of Baptista Minola. Before any of them are aloud to court his younger doughtier they must find a husband for the foul and angry Katherina the eldest doughtier of Minola. Conveniently a man named Petruchio arrives in Padua who is looking for a bride the 2 men that were after Bianca first get him to agree to court Katherina. In order to get close to Bianca and win her hart 2 of the
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The Taming of the Shrew: Dramatic Essay “The Taming of the Shrew” is a play written by the famous playwright William Shakespeare and was first performed in 1590. As the title suggests‚ the main plot revolves around a bitter young woman named Katherine‚ who is being pursued by a courtier named Petruchio‚ a greedy man whose only love is money. Despite Katherine’s disagreeable character‚ Petruchio aims to win her hand in marriage in order to lay hold of the considerable fortune that is Katherine’s dowry
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In The Taming of the Shrew both Petruchio and Kate are well rounded‚ peculiar characters. Kate demonstrates a profound personality‚ one that divulges as the play progresses. At first Kate appears as shrewd and ill-tempered with out googd reason. In Act I when Kate lashes out at Gremio she is introduced as a suitorless‚ sharp-tongued maiden. "Gremio. To cart her rather. She’s too rough for me. There‚ there‚ Hortensio‚ will you any wife. Kate. I pray you‚ sir‚ is it your will
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husband; rather through the situations he involves her in‚ she develops‚ moving from a selfish girl lashing out in defence against her father’s favouritism‚ to a more mature woman who finally sees adult life is made of compromises. Many critics see Act IV‚ Scene 5 as marking the point of Kate’s defeat. In reality‚ she is not defeated at all. The game which she has played expertly up until the time of her marriage (getting her way through ranting and bullying) has changed and become far more sophisticated
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Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare emphasizes a point‚ that women are superior to men by making fun of 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
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Shakespeare Response In The Taming of the Shrew scene‚ Petruchio is sexualized by not wearing a shirt through most of the scene and making many sexual innuendos towards Kate. Shakespeare added innuendos into a lot of his writing but I did not expect to see so much blatant sexuality as in The Taming of the Shrew. This scene was also different because Petruchio performed many wrestling moves such as body slamming Kate and trying to pin her to the ground‚ which would be seen in WWE Wrestle type acting
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