English Nickalson Thomas Ms.Thomas Choice 2 In play by William Shakespeare’s play “The Taming of the Shrew”‚ the shrew Katherine had a very bad attitude on life and just about everything else. Bianca wanted to get married. She had all of the men’s hearts‚ Katherine had none. If Katherine got married then Bianca could get married. She really was a shrew who needed to be tamed. No one wanted to marry Katherine until Petruchio arrives in Padua to find a wealthy wife. He
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in his play The Taming of the Shrew. Throughout the play‚ Katherina‚ the daughter of a rich gentleman‚ is referred to as a commodity and is the “shrew” referenced in the title. However‚ Katherina has many admirable qualities‚ such as being intelligent‚ reasonable‚ and modest. The one of many admirable qualities Katherina has is intelligence. This is noticeable early on in the book when she says: “A pretty peat! It is best put finger in the eye‚ and she knew why”‚ when talking about Bianca (1.1. l
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Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare emphasizes a point‚ that women are superior to men by making fun of the marriage system and society during his time‚ in his satire play “Taming of the Shrew.” William Shakespeare’s satire play “Taming of the Shrew” is really about the corrupt ideas of marriage. First of all‚ Shakespeare defends women by making Petruchio as abusive of a character as possible towards his soon to be wife‚ Katherine‚ making the readers feel somewhat sympathetic towards her aside
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William Shakespeare’s original work of “The Taming of the Shrew‚” Fletcher who responded to Shakespeare’s work which depicted women by making them powerless and victims to deception and manipulation caused by men. John fetcher wrote a response to Shakespeare work switching the roles of power‚ Fletcher decided to give woman a voice in his play. Fletcher who made women manipulate the system to break boundaries which had been set in The Taming of the Shrew. This paper will examine how women manipulated
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12.2.12 Taming of the Shrew Paper Gender roles have normally been dominated by men‚ with women unwillingly submitting to them. In William Shakespeare’s‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ this idea is presented with the characters Kate and Petruchio. Kate brings about a new attitude of women becoming dominant that is not accepted by Petruchio or the rest of society. Without any support to help her‚ Kate is unable to keep her own character and conforms to be an obedient wife. In the play Taming of the Shrew
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society they would need their own organisations to do so”(Greenberg). Knowing this‚ it is obvious that feminism did not exist during Shakespeare’s era‚ and he was essentially doing something no one had ever had the gall to attempt before. In The Taming of the Shrew‚ he created a strong willed woman who voiced her opinions and refused to be married off like a object. Most notable in this play is how Shakespeare presents the men; each one in the play is powerful‚ wealthy‚ handsome‚ or a combination of the
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The Taming of the Shrew is a romantic comedy with a plot that develops intensely‚ however comedic devices are the mainstay for this‚ because without them‚ it would’ve taken away from the characteristics and meaning behind the plot of the story. The Taming of the Shrew has a light and humorous tone full of clever language and wit that brings out the true personality of the characters. Shakespeare’s ability to intertwine this tone into his writing extracts a playful quality and ultimately brings
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In 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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The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy written in the early 1590’s by William Shakespeare. This play within a play starts when a powerful lord plays a prank on a poor‚ drunken man named Christopher Sly. The lord convinces the poor man that he is actually a lord himself and that the troop of actors that have arrived are there to perform a play for him. This play that the troop of actors performs is the story of Petruchio‚ who wants to marry for money‚ and Katherina‚ the shrew. The two actually marry
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Shakespeare Response In The Taming of the Shrew scene‚ Petruchio is sexualized by not wearing a shirt through most of the scene and making many sexual innuendos towards Kate. Shakespeare added innuendos into a lot of his writing but I did not expect to see so much blatant sexuality as in The Taming of the Shrew. This scene was also different because Petruchio performed many wrestling moves such as body slamming Kate and trying to pin her to the ground‚ which would be seen in WWE Wrestle type acting
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