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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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    Taming of the Shrew is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s. It takes place in the city of Padua‚ presumably during the Italian Renaissance. The major conflict of the play is ‘taming’ a hot-headed woman named Katherine and to overcome the rule her father holds on his two daughters where the eldest marries first. The script brings up a lot of attention in the feminist theory. But‚ Shakespeare’s play reflects on the archetypes of characters‚ situations‚ and symbols. These

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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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    William Shakespeare’s original work of “The Taming of the Shrew‚” Fletcher who responded to Shakespeare’s work which depicted women by making them powerless and victims to deception and manipulation caused by men. John fetcher wrote a response to Shakespeare work switching the roles of power‚ Fletcher decided to give woman a voice in his play. Fletcher who made women manipulate the system to break boundaries which had been set in The Taming of the Shrew. This paper will examine how women manipulated

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    12.2.12 Taming of the Shrew Paper Gender roles have normally been dominated by men‚ with women unwillingly submitting to them. In William Shakespeare’s‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ this idea is presented with the characters Kate and Petruchio. Kate brings about a new attitude of women becoming dominant that is not accepted by Petruchio or the rest of society. Without any support to help her‚ Kate is unable to keep her own character and conforms to be an obedient wife. In the play Taming of the Shrew

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    English Nickalson Thomas Ms.Thomas Choice 2 In play by William Shakespeare’s play “The Taming of 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

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    In this comedy‚ The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare‚ the author hides his opinion of a controversial issue in this framed story of a play presented to a foolish drunkard. Although the entire play is a trick on an unknowing man and many vices present themselves‚ one man still exhibits the virtuous qualities of a saint. Hortensio best illustrates the qualities of a saint by warning Petruccio‚ recognizing and rejecting sin‚ and marrying a widow. Hortensio first exhibits his saintly nature

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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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    The Taming of the Shrew Final Paper The film‚ 10 Things I Hate About You uses the original themes of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew play but is modified to fit modern times. The director of the film does not stick exactly to the character traits of each character or the events that take place but the general theme remains constant. The biggest differences between the two works are created by the time change. The film takes place in 1999 while the Shakespearean play is believed to be written

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    In the beginning of "The Taming of the Shrew"‚ some say Shakespeare portrays Katherina as a very shrewish figure. Others may argue that she is not shrewish but just a very strong willed person. At the end of the play some people say she is transformed into a very kind and gentle person‚ while again others will argue that she is not "tamed" but just putting on an act to "show up" her younger sister Bianca‚ whom has always been more beautiful and charming. Kate is "like a wasp‚ like a foal‚ like

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