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    Katherine the Shrew Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is comedy about Kathrine‚ an outspoken rebellious shrew. In this story she is paired up with Petruchio‚ a man who only wanted her for her money and so Bianca could marry one of her suitors. As time goes on Petruchio is able to tame his wife Katherine‚ at least somewhat. Taming of the Shrew has spun out many different versions of its story‚ mostly in movies. Both movie versions‚ Shakespeare Retold and 10 Things I Hate About You where based and

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    seamless‚ but in a clichéd “teen-movie style” you could not have asked for something better. Regardless‚ there are key similarities and differences that are intriguing. 10 Things I Hate About You has some fairly obvious similarities with Taming of the Shrew. Most notably‚ the main characters have similar or identical names‚ such as Katherine‚ Bianca‚ and Petruccio who is Patrick. These characters are not only similar in name alone‚ but they fall into their expected roles like pieces of a puzzle

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    It is not at all certain that Kate is tamed by her 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

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    Meaning Of The Shrew

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    Petruccio uses the word shrew as a replacement for Kate’s name in order to fit her into the cultural expectations of women at the time. Though the word shrew appears in the title of the play‚ the word itself only appears a handful of times in characters’ lines. Rather than appearing as an alternative name for Katherine‚ it usually occurs when someone refers to Katherine’s attitude or actions as “shrewd” (1.1.174). One of the only times that the word “shrew” appears in its noun form happens at the

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    Katherine Being a Shrew

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    Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew‚ Kate transforms from a shrew to an obedient wife because of Petruchio’s taming tactics. Kate changes into an obedient wife in the end because Petruchio fully tames her. As the play moves along‚ Kate begins to show signs of changing but still demonstrates her shrewish ways because Petruchio does not have total control of her yet. Because of the need to be disciplined‚ Kate displays shrewish behavior. Kate showcases the qualities of being a shrew in the beginning

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    taming a parrot

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    General Purpose: I want to share some information with people how to tame a parrot to make a good friend Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech you are going to be informed with some important steps how to teach a parrot to be tamed. Central Idea/Thesis: I am going to teach you how to get the bird out of cage and tame to enjoy the abilities of the smartest bird in the world. Introduction: You may be a first time parrot owner that just got home with a

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    undermined and ridiculed in “The Taming of the Shrew”? Shakespeare’s drama “The Taming of the Shrew” is set in the Elizabethan era‚ and marriage and courtship was very different than how it is in the present. Back then it was the parents who picked suitors for their daughters. This choice would be final for the daughters but often women rebelled against the decision as they wanted to choose their own suitors. “Romeo and Juliet” is an example of this. In our “Taming of the Shrew” this is no different as

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    The theme of ‘problematic love‚’ which can be defined as love that faces obstacles or does not conform to conventions expected by the society in which it is set is a major theme explored in all three texts: Despite differences in genre‚ form and historical context‚ for example the impact of marriage on a relationship and the challenges to that institution. The idea is‚ for example‚ portrayed in Othello through the relationship of the ‘noble Moor’ and ‘fair’ Desdemona‚ exacerbated by the personified

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    who actually introduces Petruchio to Katherina. Hortensio and Petruchio are very similar‚ they both want to marry someone wealthy (they are gold-diggers)‚ and their wives both are disobedient and shrew like towards their husbands. Both try to tame their wives and while Petruchio ends up successfully taming Katherina‚ Hortensio ends up with a dominating wife. Hortensio’s search for a wealthy wife is understandable‚ it’s driven by his lust of the power

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    The Shrew: Play Analysis

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    the play to the movie. The play was more about showing the people that the shrew could be tamed. In the following paragraph we will talk about how Pertrchio tamed the Katherine. In the movie it was more a poplar thing. They all wanted Bianca. There was one guy who was actuary nice and really liked her. So in the following paragraph we will talk about how hard he. In the last paragraph we will see how the shrew really changes throw all of this. Before they get to that point here is how

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