...As someone once said don't judge a book by its cover. In the story Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, The wife's change over time. Bianca turns from sweet to sour near the end of the book, Katherine turns from a shrew to respectful and nice, finally Hortensio who is trying to tame his wife Widow who is a shrew. The author Shakespeare uses the title of the play convey the theme of how anyone can even tame the worst shrew. Bianca turns from a completely nice quiet girl to a shrew towards the end the story. In ACT two, Bianca says “I swear, dear sister, I have not yet encountered that special face I might prefer to any other” (Shakespeare 75). To explain Bianca acts very respectful and nice in this scene and later on Kathrine let’s her inner shrew out. The author William Shakespeare wrote ”The more fool you for betting on my loyalty” (45). To explain why Bianca is acting like this is because she now does not have to act nice and quiet because she’s already married and can do anything she wants. This relates to the thesis because Bianca was very respectful and now how she got married she let her inner shrew out which relates you can not judge a book by its cover....
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...The Tamer’s Tactics Some people are wild, some people are calmed, some people are extroverted, and some are shy. Others believe some people have control, while others need to be tamed. In Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew, a man named Petrucchio, is determined to tame a young lady named Katherine. He believes she is like a wild cat that needs to be tamed and it is because of this that he comes up with a series of tactics. Now at this moment, the audience is thinking: “will the tactics be effective” and if they are how effective will they be? Will Katherine be tamed and will she become a good wife? Well in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, the tactics used by Petrucchio to tame Katherine are truly effective, making an important change in Katherine’s behavior. In The Taming of the Shrew, Petrucchio is presented with the challenge of taming lady Kate, daughter of Baptista and sister of Bianca. Kate’s father does not let her sister marry until she marries, but the problem is everybody sees Kate as the ogre of the city. Petrucchio only accepts the challenge because he procures her money and his interest is so big that he is not intimidated by the challenge and as soon as he meets her he starts playing the game as well. He approaches her in a friendly way, with such volubility, trying to make her feel comfortable as if they knew each other from a long time in the past. During the conversation things start to get heated up and Petrucchio starts getting intense....
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...In the beginning of Shakespeare's play, the Taming of the Shrew, Kate is presented as a short tempered, rude, and stubborn lady, and she is referred to as a shrew. There is no hope for her to be wed, especially due to these specific, unusual character traits, which are not commonly shown by women during this time period. Towards the middle of the story, one of the suiters is brave enough to try and tame Kate. In the end, they end up happily married, and Kate has been taught to be obedient and patient. Shakespeare displayed Kate as a dynamic character through her actions and dialogue. In Act I, when the audience is introduced to Kate, she is furious and cussing at the people around her. When she is speaking to Hortensio, she says, "To comb...
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...The Biggest Shrew of All Little did people know, William Shakespeare was a mastermind of his time. A man that has created countless works of literature that are still being read, but not given nearly enough credit they deserve. Shakespeare’s plays have gone down in history along side him. We recognize Shakespeare’s work and appreciate it for something not only educational but inspiring. One of Shakespeare’s plays that has been reenacted on multiple occasions, and is amazing to read in the comedy sense: The Taming of the Shrew. “The Shrew,” being the whole purpose of the play. A shrew is a simple yet strong term that in this play, describes three foolish people: Katherina, Bianca, and Petruchio. Katherina, daughter of Baptista Minola, is...
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...Some think of it as an advocate for male supremacy; others call it a personification of affection. Written by William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, while having been produced in society ingrained with male dominance, also portrays side of playful affection and crimson love between couples in the Elizabeth age. Shakespeare writes of Petruchio and Kate, a male and female who sharply oppose each other. It touches on Kates changing character and allows her to undergo three phases: Kate's character in beginning, methods Petruicho uses to tame Kate and the final outcome (how Kate has changed). Petruicho must "tame" his wife Kate without breaking her true inner spirit. Taming of Shrew unravels to reveal a wild beastly Katharine lacking respect for her family, herself and others around her. Kate is a very outspoken and vulgar woman without respect to authority.Katharine, although depicted as a beautiful woman quickly becomes the talk of Padua. Kate has found that if she is loud and obnoxious she can have her way. She screams, grunts and pushes those who she does not get along with.The general character of Katharine seems to be that of a small child. Peturichos methods of pursuit in some cases border along the lines of torture. Peturicho manipulates and exploits Kates character in order to change her outward actions. Although Peturicho does not want to change Kates inward thoughts, he does not want to break her spirit. The greatest example can be quoted below; Petruchio says...
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...Skyler Conklin Dr. Boecherer 04/09/15 The Taming of the Shrew The concept of someone telling you are something that you are not is one thing and the chances of you believing them right away are not very high. But if that person repeatedly tells you enough times that you are one thing, you will begin question yourself and eventually believe that it is reality. The idea of appearance in The Taming of the Shrew is performed with the same idea. Focusing on the essence of appearance, Shakespeare uses the story of Christopher Sly’s taming and its correlatives, and Kate’s taming to show that appearance becomes reality. Eventually, the characters in The Taming of the Shrew obscure the lines between reality and illusion, making them the same. In the beginning of the play, the induction with Christopher Sly shows the phenomenon of illusion becoming reality with the help of appearance. A rich lord kidnaps Sly, a drunken beggar, and decided to play a trick on him. “Sirs, I will practice on this drunken man. What think you, if he were conveyed to bed, Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers, A most delicious banquet by his bed, And brave attendants near him when he wakes, Would not the beggar then forget himself?”(Ind.1.36-41). When Sly awakens in an unfamiliar setting, he begins to question the truth of his circumstance, but after a while, Sly he begins to accept the illusion that he is the lord he appears to be. “Upon my life, I am a lord indeed, And not a tinker...
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...Social identity is a very prominent feature that individuals learn to develop over the course of their life. In Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew, Pertruccio, a wealthy businessman from Verona, has a very strong social identity that stems from his inner confidence in himself, and that explains his misconstrued outlook on women. On the other hand, in Shakespeare’s play, The Winter’s Tale, King Leontes, the king of Sicily has very little self-confidence and can be seen as a skeptic in most cases, which ultimately leads to his uncharacteristically low self-esteem for being a king. Tying these two together, it was fascinating how Pertruccio and King Leontes have such contrasting social identities given their respective roles in a society that is centered on hierarchy and social status. In The Taming of the Shrew, Pertruccio’s social identity plays a vital role in the outcome of the play. Overflowed with confidence, which can be easily viewed as arrogance, Pertruccio prides himself on being the master at taming women. From the beginning of the play it is apparent that his character is fairly predictable. As an example of the undeniably strong faith he has in himself, he claims that he can and will tame Katharine. He follows that definitive statement by saying, "Thou mush be married to no man but me; /for I am he am born to tame you, Kate; /and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable, /as other household Kates. Here comes your father; /never make denial; /I must and...
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...flows from an old society to the green world in response to a recognizable central conflict created by the power holding characters of the play. Once in the green world, there is a lack of societal rules and the conflict can resolve leading to the formation of a new society, indicated by some kind of party or festival (Frye 163). Frye further explains that this structural component of comedy is the origin of comedic form. At first William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew seems to have a clear message that the green world theory does not define the structure of the play and that Petruchio tames Katherine. While this could be an interpretation of the play, I find it unlikely that this is the case. The analysis of the film, 10 Things I Hate About You, opens the door visually to see the green world theory in action, which allows the reader to appreciate The Taming of the Shrew as a comedy as well as reinterpret its conclusion. The green world theory is the structural backbone of The Taming of the Shrew, and commands that Katherine and Petruchio change over the course of the play and ultimately both are tamed. The green world theory can be seen in 10 Things by analyzing Frye’s key elements of comedy, such as form, character type, and repetition. The movie opens in an old society where Kat and Bianca’s father, who plays the role of the senex (as Frye suggests, a character in charge of the plays society) and strictly controls the environment in a way that is not fitting for...
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...The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy play that was written by William Shakespeare in the fifteen hundreds. The play was written by a man’s perspective in a stereotypical way that would make any women that spoke their mind seem immoral. Katherine Mineola is the main character in the play, and she is a shrew because of her sharp words. Katherine is intelligent and is not afraid to express her thoughts and feelings. Although, Katherine is seen as a shrew in the play it also shows Kate’s perspective of men and she demonstrates to be very intelligent. Katherine does not fit the role status of an upper middle class women in the fifteenth century that is husband pleasing. Unlike, her sister Bianca she proves to stand up for what she feels is wrong...
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...1346 words In Act 4 Scene 1, how and to what extent does Shakespeare create comedy through the presentation of dominance? In this scene Shakespeare creates comedy through dominance to a certain extent, Shakespeare shows two types of dominance, physical and mental dominance. Also, Shakespeare has made powers very clear in this scene. For instance, Petruchio is at the very top of the pecking order; as he controls everyone in the scene, Grumio is head servant, he comes second in the scene then the other servants…and then Katharina, Petruchio’s wife, whom has no power in the scene. She is manipulated and told what to do by every other character. The dominance creates comedy in this scene as the Elizabethan audience would find is amusing due to the roles played and how people are treated in relation to their rank in society, they would find it funny to see servants challenge their social role so long as they were put back in their place at the end. However, a modern audience is more likely to find the dominance insulting and misogynistic and no amusing at all. Act 4 scene 1 present’s dominance throughout and I am going to explore the comedy Shakespeare reveals through the assertive attitude he displays. At the start of the scene Shakespeare uses sexual connotation during Grumio and Curtis’s comical row. ‘Curtis: Away, you three-inch fool, I am no beast! Grumio: Am I but three inches? Why, thy horn is a goof, and so long am I at the least.’ Lines 19-21. The two servants are...
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...Compare and contrast the ways in which the authors William Shakespeare, George Orwell and Jeanette Winterson examine the effects of control in their texts The Taming of the Shrew, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. William Shakespeare’s comedy The Taming of the Shrew attempts to present a comedic mockery of 16th century values. Shakespeare presents to the audience the farce of marriage values, the treatment of women and the control employed to tame those who were deemed ‘unruly.’ Shakespeare uses this technique in order to highlight to his audience the ridiculousness and brutality of their actions and, furthermore, to present to a modern audience the upheld expectations and beliefs of 16th century society and the ridiculousness of said societal values. The very title of the play alone – “The Taming of the Shrew” – through the language “taming” and “shrew,” indicates that there is something undesirable about a women acting of her own accord and thus she requires ‘taming.’ In the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell uses control in an attempt to warn the reader of the dangers of totalitarianism after having witnessed the harrowing lengths that governments were willing to go to in order to sustain sovereign authority. Orwell was deeply disturbed by the cruelty and oppression that he had witnessed in Communist countries and was concerned by the increasing use of technology as a means of control; as presented by his use of the telescreen. Within Oranges...
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...Taming of The Shrew is still very popular in today's world in many different theatres all over. This is a Shakespeare play that many people enjoy in the theatre. In a lot of ways people can connect with characters from Taming of the Shrew. They can put themselves in their shoes because of experiences that they have had in their lives. It is also very popular because it shows all of the typical stereotypes of men and women and the play is a comedy that is supposed to make you laugh. One reason that the play is so popular around the globe is because of the relations audiences can make with the characters. People in the audience can look back in their lives and see if the ever did some of the things that Bianca, Petruchio, or any other characters...
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...In 1593, William Shakespeare wrote “The Taming of the Shrew” and in 1999 “10 Things I Hate About You” made its debut in theaters as a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. Both works are comedies that deal with the theme of gender playing a part in character’s roles in society. The modern adaptation, directed by Gil Junger, sets the plot in a high school and adds more of a teenage romance twist on the story. Although “10 Things I Hate About You” may not follow the exact storyline of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, there are many similarities between the two works including characters, dialogue, and theme (Andrews vi, IMDb). William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon to John and Mary Shakespeare. In 1582,...
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...The main character of the play's name is kathrine. Katherine is said to the the ‘shrew’ in the title of the play ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. Shakespeare defines a shrew as a woman who is very outspoken, and in that time period women were not allowed to be outspoken. When relating to a woman being called a shrew is viewed as negative. If you were called a shrew people looked down upon you. ‘Shrews’ were usually extremely open and public when expressing what or how they felt, they said anything they wanted to. It was almost unheard of for a woman to be outspoken especially in this time era. Renaissance society highly disapproved of women who were like that. During that time only men were allowed to express what they felt, to say anything they wanted, to be expressive. In ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, the main character Katherine, is an especially terrible shrew. The words she used were harsh and degrading, and her actions were violent. Katherine was a highly abusive woman. Nobody liked her. No one approved of her being a woman and being outspoken and rude. The problem of the play was finding someone to ‘tame’ her, except nobody wanted to. Nobody wanted to go near her or deal with her that is until...
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...Why would Lucentio want to marry a woman he has only seen? Why would Petruchio want to marry a shrew? What would old Gremio want to do with the young Bianca? When reading the Taming of the Shrew, it is fundamental to consider the time period and culture in which the play is written. In modern society, in contrast to Shakespeare’s time, marriage comes about when two individuals become attracted to each other and decide for themselves that they will wed, start a family, build a home, ECT. During the Elizabethan Era, marriage was prepared as a business agreement, first determined by a person’s social standing, second by the arrangement and agreement between the parents, including the dowry that would be presented, and third by courtship, or the actual development of the relationship....
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