Battle of the Sexes Essay Context plays a large role in how a text is perceived and how the author portrays their concept. In William Shakespeare’s early seventeenth century play The Taming of the Shrew‚ the outcome and the surrounding context directly reflects the Elizabethan era where males were superior. Therefore Petruchio winning the battle directly reflects this context. In comparison‚ Ten Things I Hate About You by Gil Junger’s shows a similar concept but alternate context. Having a modern
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Bernard Shaw described the ‘Taming of the Shrew as ‘altogether disgusting to modern sensibility’ how far do you agree with this? To a large extent I agree with George Bernard Shaw’s point of view that the play is “altogether disgusting to modern sensibility”. This is because the play seems to be a celebration of patriarchal views‚ female submission and marriage as an economic institution. I will also be looking at the alternative views of how ‘The Taming of The Shrew’ is just a comedy and as such
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Saunders 1 Kim Saunders 18 April 2013 Katharina the curst! A title for a maid of all titles the worst. Gremio Who is Katherina Minola? As I sat listening to the first read thru of Taming of the Shrew I started hearing answers to this question‚ through the descriptive words of the other characters. The words were not complimentary. This led to my next question… why is she perceived this way and is it true? This complicated lady I was about to play shows her
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Shakespeare: An Observation of Life What is it about Shakespeare’s characters and stories that make us all able to relate in some way or another 400 years after they are written? Maybe it’s his take on inner conflict‚ or is it how he never portrays a hero as perfect‚ or a villain as all evil? There is a certain universal truth about the human condition in every story. Whether it is the tragic outcome of unchecked greed and ambition‚ an unrelenting desire for revenge‚ or the pursuit of love‚ his
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your master’s mistress” (Twelfth 5.1.346-47)‚ Viola and the Duke are both odd and spend the book trying to find love and in the end they find it in each other. Even in Taming of the Shrew where the characters start by hating each other they end up liking each other‚ “Petruchio: Why‚ there’s a wench! Come on‚ and kiss me‚ Kate.” (Taming 5.2.196)‚ Petruchio has been training Katherine‚ Kate‚ throughout the play and now they are finally happy with each other instead of trying to claw out the others throat
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submissiveness and obedience”(Brown 294)‚ which was a common goal of many males during this century. On surface level‚ Petruchio’s actions are not necessarily viewed as violent‚ because no physical beating is involved in Katherine’s taming‚ but his measures are just as harmful. By “taming” Katherine‚ like one would a horse‚
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they “were genuinely surprised to find that women could play women as competently onstage as in life” when they saw women actually having roles in performances in other countries (Bryson 78). The role of women at the time is best expressed in Taming of the Shrew where even Katherine during her speech to Bianca and the widow says that it is the woman’s duty to obey their husbands and that “Our strength as weak‚ our weakness beyond compare” (Shr. 5.2.183). This accurately portrays the way society and
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Have the modern adaptations of ‘Taming of the Shrew’ and other works of Shakespeare proved that Shakespeare still has a place in modern society? To be relevant or not to be relevant‚ that is the question. It has been over 400 years since Shakespeare wrote his last work and the world continues to reference‚ adapt‚ teach‚ discuss and question the great bard of Stratford upon Avon. Maybe he was incredibly ahead of his time‚ or maybe the world just hasn’t changed for 400 years‚ either way‚ the themes
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The Taming of the Shrew was a Shakespearean play that was written between 1590 and 1592. Set in both Padua‚ and Verona‚ Italy‚ the play details the “love” story of Petruchio and Katherina. Shakespeare had written the play to be a comedic piece. In 1967 Franco Zeffirelli transformed The Taming of the Shrew into a movie. Maintaining the original story line and setting‚ Zeffirelli worked the relationship of actors Richard Burton‚ Petruchio‚ and Elizabeth Taylor‚ Katherina into the comedic movie. In
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sacrifices are made to maintain the united couple. In the play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ Shakespeare writes of the troubled couple Petruchio and Katherine. Harry Mark Petrakis introduces Marko’s tribulations to win the love of Ariadne in the short story‚ “The Wooing of Ariadne”. Shakespeare and Petrakis both show the struggle between the people in a relationship that is required for true love to exist. In The Taming of the Shrew‚ Katherine and Petruchio get through many obstacles to remain unified
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