The shakespearean play Taming of the Shrew‚ is a classic story of the battle of the sexes. Kate and Petruchio have a struggle of wills to decide who has the power in their marriage. In this battle‚ Petruchio ends up winning the battle‚ and Kate ends up tamed. Petruchio set up an elaborate plan to tame his shrewish wife‚ and through various schemes‚ he turns Kate from a temperamental shrew‚ into an obedient wife. Petruchio carries out a predetermined‚ intricate strategy to suppress Kate’s ill humor
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In Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew the principal character‚ the independent and outspoken Kate is faced with the strenuous predicament of dealing with the patriarchal sexism of her society; she is labeled a ‘shrew’ and treated as a second to her sister‚ who fits the stereotype of the demure and obedient woman of the Elizabethan era. Throughout the play Kate is objectified in many manners by the male characters of the play. While Petruchio is not characterized as a violent man‚ he still embodies
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Compare the presentation of the relationship between Petruchio and Katherine in the text version of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ with the presentation of this relationship the BBC modern adaption Before they meet Before the two characters meet‚ Shakespeare already gives the audience a clear idea on their separate personalities‚ and consequently a pre-conceived idea as to how their first encounter will go. Petruchio’s intention are to marry purely for the money‚ rather than love‚ which was perfectly
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The book The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare portrayed the different types of love between men and women showed by the two main relationships in the story. We have the relationship between Katherine and Petruchio and the relationship between Lucentio and Bianca. The structure for each of the two relationships were built on two different nature of love. Based on how the story ends‚ we could agree that Shakespeare did the right thing by trying to show us that the relationship built solely based
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The Taming of the Shrew Keeping within the imaginative boundaries of human life‚ without becoming overly outlandish‚ the comedy demonstrated in the play was often sardonic‚ lighthearted‚ and always entertaining. The comedy revolves around a group of men and the conflict that ensues between them in the battle to win the heart of a wealthy man’s beautiful and gentle daughter‚ Bianca. These men disguise themselves‚ assume false occupations‚ and even hire others to deceive and charm young
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In spite of Katherine’s reluctance to wed Petruchio‚ the audience are met with a supposedly well suited match. When Katherine interacts with Hortensio in Act 1‚ we see her joy in the play of words; ‘Is it your will / To make stale of me amongst these mates?’. Her play on the word ‘stale’‚ meaning both ‘laughingstock’ and ‘prostitute’ is not perceived by Hortensio‚ instead her bantering is met with his rejection and damning of her. This is just one of many times that Katherine is simply incomprehensible
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afternoon ladies and gentlemen I am Gil Junger and I am present here today to inform you on how I appropriated the Shakespearean play "The Taming of the Shrew" into the modern day teen flick "10 Things I Hate About You" ‚ whilst still being able to keep the key themes and values evident throughout the film. The themes and values present in The Taming of the Shrew for the appropriation to be successful needed to be evident in 10 Things I Hate About You. These included romance and marriage‚ the importance
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Shakespeare’s ‘Taming Of The Shrew’ is about two men‚ Grumio and Hortensio‚ who wish to marry Bianca‚ A gorgeous‚ young woman. However‚ she is not allowed to marry until her hot tempered older sister Katherina has found a husband. A man named Petruchio decides to take upon the challenge of ‘taming’ her to be a loyal and obedient wife. There are two main themes in ‘Taming Of The Shrew’ which are gender roles and also Marriage. The gender roles shown are stereotypically how woman and men should behave
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TV show‚ and play‚ characters may be faced with overcoming their own traits to complete a certain goal. A few characters share the same traits and many characters are completely opposite. Written in 1590 and 1595 by William Shakespeare‚ The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet both exhibit a wide variety of characters with individual personalities. Katherine and Juliet‚ the two leading ladies‚ present a shopping cart full of similarities and differences. One can see that‚ while only Katherine
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The Taming of the Shrews’ Power Relationships The theme of Power has been used for many‚ many years. Power has been used from the olden days up until now and will continue being used into the future. Power isn’t always just used; it is also abused quite often. People who are abused by another’s power typically tend to have the desire to have power over others. In the play The Taming of the Shrew‚ William Shakespeare uses the theme of power relationships amongst many characters. The theme of power
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