The Taming of the Shrew Some would agree that since the first chronicle of time‚ men have felt‚ in fact embraced their illusion of dominance over their women. This is distinguished constantly throughout history in many forms; through spoken word‚ imagery‚ and literature. The character Petruccio‚ from William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew‚ is one such example. As referred to in his soliloquy at the end of Act IV scene I‚ Petruccio speaks on his method towards taming young Katherine into
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Katherina may be a shrew‚ but Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew does not truly show a study of how a selfish‚ spoilt individual is made to conform to society’s expectations‚ or be tamed into a ‘proper’ woman. At the end of the play‚ Katherina is not‚ necessarily‚ tamed - she just realizes what she must to do in order to get the things she wants. Two main examples of her submitting to Petruchio in order to achieve her desires are in Act 4‚ scene 5‚ (the sun versus moon scene) as well as Act 5
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Taming of the Shrew - Justification Essay Act l Scene ll Shakespearean texts have revolutionised the language of English‚ with many directors of theatre‚ opera‚ music‚ film and radio adapting Shakespeare’s works to convey their interpretation of his texts. As a director‚ I wanted to incorporate aspects of my life in the classic Shakespearean romantic comedy‚ Taming of the Shrew‚ without forgetting the conventions that make Shakespeare’s texts classics. The stage chosen for our production was
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Meghan Healey Rebekah Greene ENG 251-0001 6 April 2011 Disguise and Trickery in The Taming of the Shrew Disguise plays a fundamental role in the sixteenth century play William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. The characters disguise themselves not only through physical costumes‚ but also by masking their feelings and emotions”. The masking of feelings is much more effective than any form of physical costume‚ because a costume is merely another layer of clothing. The man under the
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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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According to German philosopher Immanuel Kant‚ “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals”. This quote relates to William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ and its relation to animal imagery. Shakespeare successfully cultivates the development of theme‚ relationships and character by using animal imagery. Firstly‚ the imagery used in this play helps to develop themes‚ such as power and dehumanization. Secondly‚ animal imagery effectively develops relationships throughout
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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 to. Apart from the differences in each of these versions‚ there are also many similarities. The three different versions have many similarities One major similarity in all three is the portrayal of Katherine’s personality
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During the play The Taming of The Shrew Katherine’s behavior attributes the struggles of being a victim of problems. The way she copes is allowing herself to be easily influenced by her father‚ manipulated by Petruchio. The possibility of a mental illness hinders her to be submissive when women shouldn’t be submissive to their husbands. Katherine from the play The Taming of The Shrew is embodying all of the traits of a feminist but consequently in the play the traits of being a feminist aren’t important
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The Taming of a Shrew is the alternate ending for The Taming of the Shrew. They both have similar concepts‚ but we find the major difference in Kate’s speech at the end. The ending of both plays bring about a satisfying feeling that a shrew‚ even so bad as Kate‚ could be tamed. She realises the faults of her ways and goes on to explain‚ differently in both‚ why women should be tamed. In the original The Taming of the Shrew‚ “Katherine explains the relationship of husband and wife by analogy to
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William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew uses several characters to show the meaning of disguise‚ and to conceal one’s true self. The production starts off with a drunken fool tricked into believing he is of nobility. Upon his sudden thrust into wealth and power‚ Christopher Sly also inherits a “wife”. The wife is actually a man disguised as a women‚ and it makes Sly come to terms of realization that he is in fact noble. Shakespeare uses Christopher Sly in order to provide the insight that Sly may
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