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Love And Marriage Taming Of The Shrew
1,120 wordsAs a comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, deals with a lot of very real issues. It speaks of the winners and losers on the marriage market, and asks us many serious moral questions. Shakespeare presents us with two main views on love and marriage - male dominance, and money - the dowry for marriage and wealth as a measurement of partner suitability. For the age in which it was written, it is an accurate depiction of love, life and marriage, but nowadays, such actions as to ta...
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Taming Of The Shrew Male Domination
1,075 wordsThe Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, deals with marriage. The ideas explored are primarily shown through the characters of Petruchio and Katharina. We are introduced to the trials and tribulation's which present themselves in their everyday lives. The characters bring up a traditional concept of male domination. Through the play we see the need for domination through Petruchio, and the methods he uses to dominate. While these ideas of male domination have remained a constant througho...
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1,783 wordsExamine the different ways in which Shakespeare presents the attitude towards marriage in the play, The Taming of the Shrew. The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies, and it shares many essential characteristics with his other romantic comedies, such as Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Nights Dream. These characteristics include light-hearted and slapstick humour, disguises and deception and a happy ending in which most of the characters come out satisfied. The pla...
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919 wordsShakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew raises some controversial issues about the roles of spouses and wives, the place of women in society, the expectations of marriage and more. A main topic throughout the play is Petruchio's taming of Katherina and her eventual submission. Petruchio can be looked at in one of two ways- as a cruel, unfeeling bully or a man who brings Katherina self-knowledge and contentment. The way in which Petruchio's manner is viewed depends on the historical context. I...
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The Taming Of Shrew William Shakespeare
1,713 wordsThe Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare In my essay I will discuss the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare in the frames of the ideas of feminism and the chances for womens self-affirmation in the age of William Shakespeare and our contemporary world. For this purpose I will disclose the symbolic meaning of the relationships between Katherina and Pertuchio, their progress and the self-expression of the main characters throughout the play. I will argue the vice and virtue of...
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1,332 wordsThe Taming of Katherine In Shakespeare's time, the ideal wife was subservient to her husband, and it was the husbands inherent duty to take care of his wifes money, property, and person, including both physical and moral welfare. If a mans spouse proved rebellious, he had the right to physically brutalize her into submission. This social phenomenon of domesticating an unruly woman as one might an animal was the inspiration for The Taming of the Shrew. Kate fits the stereotype of the shrewish wom...
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Webster Husband
1,637 wordsAmy Czech Professor Lebanon-Rostovsky English 30 March 3, 2000 The Shrew? s Illusion HORTENSIO: Now go thy ways, thou hast tam? d a course show. LUCENTIO: ? Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tam? d so. Indeed, Hortentio? s assurance in the taming of the? course show? Katerina seems a wonder to all the audience in the final scene of? The Taming of the Shrew. ? After hurling furniture, pitching fits and assaulting her sister, Katerina delivers a speech that lauds obedience and censures roug...
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Heroic Men Need Women Men Need Women Petruchio
872 wordsThe Women of Romance: and the effect they have on their men Women have an amazing amount of influence over men. Most men will never admit it, but the ladies in their lives make more decisions than they. In The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, and Erec and Enide by Chretien de Troyes the women have a certain amount of control that the men never realize. Throughout the play, Petruchio seems to be the man in charge, but in reality Kate really decides what is going to happen. Erec insists...
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Test Of Obedience Petruchio Makes Kate
1,330 wordsDan Civil 4 E-PHI The Taming of Katherine In Shakespeare's time, the ideal wife was subservient to her husband, and it was the husbands inherent duty to take care of his wifes money, property, and person, including both physical and moral welfare. If a mans spouse proved rebellious, he had the right to physically brutalize her into submission. This social phenomenon of domesticating an unruly woman as one might an animal was the inspiration for The Taming of the Shrew. Kate fits the stereotype o...
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Good Or Evil Taming Of The Shrew
1,294 wordsExploring Sexuality in Taming of the Shrew Andrea Blacksten Shakespeare Plays Professor Christopher Human sexuality underlies many of the happenings of Taming of the Shrew. It affects the conflicts, theme, and resolution of the play. It becomes evident throughout the play that sexual behavior denotes whether a character is thought of as good or evil (not necessarily good evil as meant in conventional terms, but rather as a nice character versus a waspish or mean character). In the beginning of t...
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Taming Of The Shrew Iv V
850 wordsTaming of the Shrew- In the Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio recognizes, respects and desires Kates intelligence and strength of character. He does not want to conquer or truly tame her. He is a man who is very confident in himself and does not want or need someone to massage his ego. Petruchio seems to me to be a man of sport and challenge and likes to surround himself with witty, challenging people. He wants in a mate what Kate has fire. From Petruchio's response to his friend Hortensio (I. ii. ...
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Taming Of The Shrew Obedient Wife
1,223 wordsMasks. A comical device to fool and entertain, or a physiological term to describe the act of self expression towards others for motivated purposes. William Shakespeare, arguably the greatest writer of all time, exemplified his understanding of the human mind through his running imagery of Faces as Masks throughout many of his plays. It was evident through the words of King Duncan in the play Macbeth, There s no art to find the mind s construction in the face. The use of masks is commonly used b...
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Taming Of The Shrew Soap Opera
1,930 wordsDo you think people act the way that their true identity is? Within every person, disguising their true identity at one point in time has occurred. We display these false characters or act differently for some reason. People usually wear these masks to achieve their own goals. Many times, soap opera situations occur because of changing of the people s masks between reality and illusion. In the same way, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, does just that. He creates a soap opera situa...
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End Of The Play Fallen In Love
1,170 wordsIn the beginning of? The Taming of the Shrew? , some say Shakespeare portrays Katherina as a very shrewish figure. Others may argue that she is not shrewish but just a very strong willed person. At the end of the play some people say she is transformed into a very kind and gentle person, while again others will argue that she is not? tamed? but just putting on an act to? show up? her younger sister Bianca, whom has always been more beautiful and charming. Kate is? like a wasp, like a foal, like ...
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Taming Of The Shrew End Of The Play
1,700 wordsDespite the fact that Shakespeare is mostly known for its tragedian playwrights, yet, in The Taming Of The Shrew, he once again proves that he is capable to write anything even comedy. The Taming Of The Shrew is a play within a play. However, the play takes place towards the end of the 16 th century. Most of the comedy scenes are shifted from the city to the country and back to the city. Therefore, most of the scenes took place in the city of Padua, Italy. Christopher Sly is a drunken tinker who...
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Mistaken Identity True Identity
821 wordsIn The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare creates humour through his characters by creating false realities (as demonstrated by Petruchio? s behaviour and attire in the scene of his wedding) and by the use of subterfuge and mistaken identity (shown in the final scenes with the transformation of Kate and Bianca? s respective personas). He also uses irony quite extensively, especially towards the end of the play (as can be seen in the final? wager? scene). The concept that? things are not always as ...
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1,523 wordsWe think people act the way that their true identity is. Every person has disguised their true identity at one point in time has. We display these false characters or put on our masks for some personal gain. Many times, complicated situations occur because of the changing of people? s masks between reality and illusion (Cahn 39). In a similar way, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, does just that. He creates a soap opera situation by placing different masks on his characters. Kathar...
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Katherina Is Lucky Tame Kate Petruchio
760 wordsTAMING OF THE SHREW Katherina's Evolution Katherina in my opinion is smart and quick witted. I do not feel sorry for her because she brought her situation on herself by letting Bianca and her father harass her. Katherina is shown to be a shrew at the start of the play. As we delve into the play we find that Katherina is not really a shrew but a caring and loving person. She acts shrewish because she feels inferior to her younger sister who has three suitors. Katherina acts like a shrew most of t...
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1,513 wordsIllusion vs. Reality Generally, people have the tendency to judge individuals by their appearance, exactly the way they judge a book by it s cover. However, appearance doesn t always help reveal a person s true colors. In the play, The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare portrays this perception of illusions vs. reality through three major plots, which are the Induction with Christopher Sly, the Petruchio/Katharina debacle, as well the Katharina/Bianca situation dealing with ...
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16 Th Century Taming Of The Shrew
1,044 wordsShakespeare the feminist? Taming of the shrew by Vegas Gas The taming of the shrew by william shakespeare is a play which is ahead of its time in its views toward gender roles within society. Katherine is a woman who is intelligent, and is not afraid to assert her views on any given situation. She is paired with another obstinate character in Petruchio. The Marriage formed between the two is a match made in heaveanfor two reasons. First Because Katherine is strong enough to assert her views, and...
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