Taming Of The Shrew Language Analysis
Serena Shen
English H
Mrs. Mirabella
February 13th, 2015
The Taming of the Shrew Language Analysis Language is the way people use to communicate and interact but consists of not only the verbal and writing, but also touch, sound, smell, and body. Language provides people with symbols they need to model for themselves, to themselves, inside their head, and the universe around them. In William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew many of the characters use words to deceive the world around them. In the beginning of the play characters such as Lucentio and Grumio disguise themselves as each other and continues to deceive everyone around them with the way they act, speak, and hold themselves. In the play The Taming of the Shrew language is the device that suitors and husbands use to ensnare their wives. …show more content…
Bianca and Kate are two sisters whose personalities are completely the opposite of one another. In the marketplace, Baptista, Katherine and Bianca’s father, attempts to “sell” them or give them to the highest bidder. While many vie for Bianca’s attention there are not many if any suitors that are willing to tame Katherine’s sharp wit and tongue. In order to have her oldest daughter married, Baptista, tells the suitors of Bianca that Katherine must be married first in order to marry off Bianca. In this instance it is shown that Baptista is thinking of his daughter more as a piece of furniture than human beings. Shakespeare describes the payments of wives when Hortensio states, “Yeah, and to marry her, if her dowry please,” (I, II, 183). This is a prime example showing that Hortensio will only marry her if the amount of money he offers is enough for the father to approve of the marriage. A wife, or any human being, should not be priced but priceless and it classifies women based on how much they are worth due to their beauty and submission and not their
English H
Mrs. Mirabella
February 13th, 2015
The Taming of the Shrew Language Analysis Language is the way people use to communicate and interact but consists of not only the verbal and writing, but also touch, sound, smell, and body. Language provides people with symbols they need to model for themselves, to themselves, inside their head, and the universe around them. In William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew many of the characters use words to deceive the world around them. In the beginning of the play characters such as Lucentio and Grumio disguise themselves as each other and continues to deceive everyone around them with the way they act, speak, and hold themselves. In the play The Taming of the Shrew language is the device that suitors and husbands use to ensnare their wives. …show more content…
Bianca and Kate are two sisters whose personalities are completely the opposite of one another. In the marketplace, Baptista, Katherine and Bianca’s father, attempts to “sell” them or give them to the highest bidder. While many vie for Bianca’s attention there are not many if any suitors that are willing to tame Katherine’s sharp wit and tongue. In order to have her oldest daughter married, Baptista, tells the suitors of Bianca that Katherine must be married first in order to marry off Bianca. In this instance it is shown that Baptista is thinking of his daughter more as a piece of furniture than human beings. Shakespeare describes the payments of wives when Hortensio states, “Yeah, and to marry her, if her dowry please,” (I, II, 183). This is a prime example showing that Hortensio will only marry her if the amount of money he offers is enough for the father to approve of the marriage. A wife, or any human being, should not be priced but priceless and it classifies women based on how much they are worth due to their beauty and submission and not their