The Taming of the Shrew Act 1 scene 1 Summary Lucentio goes to Padua for university with his manservant Tranio. On their way‚ they stand aside to witness a family problem in Baptista’s house. Gremio and Hortensio who have fallen in love with Baptista’s younger daughter – Bianca tried to propose marriage to her. However‚ Baptista decrees that no one can marry her until his older daughter Katherina‚ who is the “shrew”‚ has a husband. Therefore‚ Gremio and Hortensio decide to forget the rivalry first
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brings them happiness or not. Within Shakespearean comedy‚ it is typical for there to be a happy ending within it. In a typical Shakespearean comedy ending there is usually a wedding which leads to happiness of all the characters. In the “Taming of the Shrew” this seems to be true if you consider Bianca and Lucentio’s wedding in Act V‚ Scene I and Kate’s speech in Act V‚ Scene II thus showing that it ends with a wedding but whether it is happy for the women is not so clear. This is because we’re
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As a modern audience‚ we must remember to be mindful of the society in which Shakespeare wrote The Taming of the Shrew when we analyze it. This was a time when marriages were made for the convenience of the fathers far more often than for a love already existing between the bride and groom; people often were married without having known each other for very long‚ and sometimes without ever having met. Instead‚ one hoped to find love within the marriage once it was in place‚ to learn to love one’s
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himself‚ Shakespeare shows through his plays how women are ill treated and powerless; yet possess more intelligence than the male characters. This is why Shakespeare creates overwhelming female characters; which is evident in Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew"‚ where the lead female character shows dominance. The major themes and motives surrounding the feminist issue are "deception and disguise" in regards to marriage‚ "Marriage as an Economic Institution" and "position of women in society". Characters
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Deceit is a common theme that Shakespeare uses in his plays to advance the plot. In The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado About Nothing he uses deceit to advance the play to reach the end of the play which is a wedding between two people that were meant to be together. Shakespeare could have used many different ways of making his plays reach the climax without using deceit but that was the most appropriate way. In the play Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare uses the theme of deceit to advance the
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she is treated. For example‚ when Sly was convinced that he is a nobleman‚ he no longer behaves like a beggar. Instead‚ he behaves as if he was a nobleman‚ and changes his speech from prose to poetry. Like the lord‚ Petruchio also duped Katherina by taming
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Deception in Shakespeare Beguilement. Deceitfulness. Duplicity. Insincerity. Trickery. Untruth. All of these words are synonyms for one: deception. Deception is officially defined as misleading “by deliberate misrepresentation or lies” (The Free Dictionary by Farlex). But how is it that lies are told and then identified? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have detected different areas of the brain are involved in telling a lie and telling the truth. “Sections of the
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In the play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Katherine Minola is known for her shrewish ways‚ such as her horrible temper. Petruchio‚ a gentleman from Verona‚ comes to Padua to marry rich so he can “wive it wealthily” (1.2.76). Once Petruchio meets Katherina‚ he decides to tame her‚ not matter how bad her temper truly is. During the process of taming Katherina‚ Petruchio uses a series of violent actions‚ including physical‚ emotional‚ and environmental abuse. During the
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1.) Orwell‚ George. 1984. London: Secker and Warburg‚ 1949. Print. This story is told from a third-person view. The main protagonist is a man named Winston Smith. This story is based in a futuristic London‚ with a totalitarian government ruling over the proles and the Party members. Winston works at the Ministry of Truth‚ and he is a Party member. Until one day‚ his life is changed forever when he does something called thoughtcrime (an act of unorthodoxy). 2.) Hansberry‚ Lorraine. A Raisin in The
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If men talking to other men shows the camaraderie between them as they plan to deceive and not be deceived by others‚ men talking about one another draws distinctions between the amount of power held by each group. Here‚ men construct power by using words associated first with different classes of people. In act 4‚ Petruccio calls his servants “knaves” (4.1.100) and he himself is compared to a “footboy” when Biondello says “a monster‚ a very monster in apparel‚ and not like a / christian footboy
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