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Obedience In A Marriage Theme
A main theme that I identified in the play is stressing the importance of obedience in a marriage. It was greatly over dramatized, but the point remains. The theme of possessing obedience is exemplified in several places throughout the movie and script. The best examples are towards the end of the story. One example in particular is the scene in which Petruchio and Kate are returning to Padua. Petruchio points out how brightly the moon is shining, in the middle of daytime. Kate then corrects him, but Petruchio then tells her, “It shall be moon, or star, or what I list.” (Shakespeare). Kate listens and then agrees that the sun is indeed the moon. The reason I have always loved watching plays, and other performance art, is that I love how they
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