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Cambridge Cambridge University Taming Of The Shrew
2,014 wordsA recurrent theme In Shakespeare's plays is the idea that things are not always what they seem. The Taming of the Shrew shows a good example of this theme. In this play we find many discrepancies between what seems to be and what is. The main theme of this play is knowing what a person is really like is more important than how they appear to be. This is shown by Petruchio's relationship with Katherine; the changing roles of Tranio, Lucentio, and Hortensio; and the true characters of Bianca and K...
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Taming Of The Shrew Sexist Attitude
1,025 wordsThe Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare is probably one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Its plot is derived from the popular 'war of the sexes' theme in which males and females are pitted against one another for dominance in marriage. The play begins with an induction in which a drunkard, Christopher Sly, is fooled into believing he is a king and has a play performed for him. The play he watches is what constitutes the main body of The Taming Of The Shrew. In it, a wealthy land owner,...
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Obedient Wife Beginning Kate Shrew
367 wordsIn the beginning, Kate appears to be quite a shrew. However, this is due to her father's treatment of her. Kate is not a shrew; she has merely put on a shrew-like act to cover up the humiliation and embarrassment that her father has caused her. Her father seems as though he wishes to be rid of her, and will pass her off to any man willing to marry her, without regard for her own feelings. He will not allow Kate's sister Bianca to marry until he has ensured that he will be rid of Kate, even thoug...
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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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Act Two Scene Act One Scene
527 wordsThe Taming of the Shrew gives us a couple of very distinct variations in ways that fathers raise their daughters and the way fathers raise their sons. One of the earliest examples is with regard to male and female education. Early in the play we are introduced to Lucentio who has arrived in Padua with his servant Tranio to haply institute a course of learning and ingenious studies... (act one, scene one, line eight). Lucentio seek to find an education that could not be received in Pisa but only ...
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York New York Don Pedro
2,243 wordsShakespeare's Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays Shakespeare uses similar comic elements to effect similar outcomes in his works. Many of his plays utilize trickery and disguise to accomplish similar endings. Trickery plays a major role in The Merchant of Venice and drives most of the action, while mistaken identity, specifically Portia's disguise as the learned attorneys representative, plays a major role in the resolution of the play. The first instance of trickery in the play is Bassan...
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Taming Of The Shrew Aggressive Nature
2,026 wordsTo Tame A Shrew In Shakespeare s Taming of the Shrew, one topic that has been debated, interpreted, discussed, reinterpreted and adapted into different forms has been the character of Katharina, the shrew, and whether she was tamed, liberated, or just a good enough actress to make Everyone think she was in fact, tamed. In this essay, I will present arguments for and against each of these points, as well as discuss one television adaptation of Taming of the Shrew that presents Katharina not as th...
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Fall In Love Taming Of The Shrew
789 wordsThe Taming of the Shrew- In Shakespeare's comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, one of the main ways that the theme is shown is by mistaken identity. The main theme of this play is that what a person is really like is more important than how they appear to be. This is shown by Petruchio's relationship with Katherine; the changing roles of Tranio, Lucentio, and Hortensio; and the true characters of Bianca and Katherine. All three of these situations help to enrich the theme. The first predicament that...
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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 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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Midsummer Night Dream Helena And Hermia
1,758 wordsOften in literature, parallels are used to accentuate certain things. William Shakespeare utilizes this tool in both The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night? s Dream. In both of these comedic plays, there is a set of women who are at odds with each other. These relationships can be compared and contrasted in different aspects. In Shakespeare's, " The Taming of the Shrew" the relationship between the sisters Katherine and Bianca appears to be strained with rampant jealousy. Both d...
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Midsummer Nights Dream Helena And Hermia
1,704 wordsWomen in Shakespeare Often in literature, parallels are used to accentuate certain things. William Shakespeare utilizes this tool in both The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Nights Dream. In both of these comedic plays, there is a set of women who are at odds with each other. These relationships can be compared and contrasted in different aspects. In Shakespeare's, The Taming of the Shrew the relationship between the sisters Katherine and Bianca appears to be strained with rampant jealousy. ...
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Taming Of The Shrew Aggressive Nature
2,003 wordsTo Tame A Shrew In Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, one topic that has been debated, interpreted, discussed, reinterpreted and adapted into different forms has been the character of Katharina, the shrew, and whether she was tamed, liberated, or just a good enough actress to make Everyone think she was in fact, tamed. In this essay, I will present arguments for and against each of these points, as well as discuss one television adaptation of Taming of the Shrew that presents Katharina not as th...
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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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Midsummer Nights Dream Merchant Of Venice
1,151 wordsWilliam Shakespeare had a way of creating intelligent characters who made use of the art of deception for their own personal gains. Characters such as Lucentio and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew; Oberon and Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream; Portia in The Merchant of Venice; and Richard in Richard III, all wanted to further their own agenda and did so in very sneaky and deceitful ways. These characters smartly used trickery and deceit to achieve their goals, and succeeded. And let me be a s...
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666 wordsDr. Black 9 / 27 / 99 Clayton Wood 259 - 61 - 3993 In Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew Petruchio becomes a caricature of Katherine in order to tame her of her shrewishness. In doing this he leaves her spirit alive. The entire play centers on identity and perspective. Shakespeare alters the identity of many of the major players but the most important alteration is the one that occurs within Kate. The play begins with an identity switch as Christopher Sly, a peasant and town drunk, is made to thi...
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646 wordsAn Example of the Wooing-Complex In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare reveals many aspects of human nature through the various subplots within the play. This essay will explore what I like to call the Wooing-Complex. The Wooing-Complex happens when a man, or sometimes a woman, becomes infatuated with another person. Casualties of this complex display symptoms of sever and involuntary goofiness and disorient; both of these can be seen throughout this play three men, Gremio, a...
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Act Iv Scene Act I Scene
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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Taming Of The Shrew Wasn T
490 wordsFalse identities, lies and deceit, Lucentio from The Taming Of The Shrew and Tom from The Talented Mr. Ripley did all of these things. They both lied about what they like or what they did. They both took false identities to get the girl that they wanted to like them. Though they have many similarities comedies and dramas end very differently. The Talented Mr. Ripley is a drama and ends in tragedy, The Taming Of The Shrew is a comedy and ends with happiness. Lucentio and Tom both lied to get what...
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