The Taming of the Shrew Through the many days in life people are repeatedly changing themselves in order to gain satisfaction for themselves. In William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew Katherine, the shrew, is seemingly tamed through her interactions with Petruchio; however, the taming is merely a facade used by Katherine to gain what she has always desired. ... Katherine is not a shrew, she just wants to attain certain things and goes through a change trying to do so. ... That is why Petruchio would appear to have an effect on her, making a reader believe she was tamed. ...

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Taming of the Shrew Gender Roles in The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew has always been an important play for those who study gender and its depiction early literature. ... Unlike many of the other characters in The Taming of the Shrew, Lucentio is simple and is only controlled by desires of the heart. ... Clearly this is showed in The Taming of the Shrew with Katherine. ... "One important component of shrewishness was talking "talking too much, or too loudly and publicly, or too crossly for a woman- (Dolan, "Shrews and Shrew Taming...

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The Taming of the Shrew In Shakespeare's comedy, Taming of the Shrew, Katherine and Bianca are different in their own ways. Katherine is the protagonist of the play and the shrew referenced in the title. ... Katherine's appearance as a shrew results from underlying insecurities. ... As Petruchio and Katherine begin their relationship together, Petruchio takes on the difficult chore of taming his shrew. ... But she may have the potential to become a "shrew" herself. ...

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The lord invites traveling players to put on a show, The Taming of the Shrew, for Sly. ... Petruchio departs for Venice in order to prepare for the marriage ceremony and in order to make a plan to tame the shrew, Katherine. ... Petruchio is glad that his plan to tame Katherine worked. ... Also, Petruchio's actions toward Katherine during his plan to tame her seemed slightly harsh. ... Despite the controversy in Petruchio's character, The Taming of the Shrew is a well-plotted play with numerous positive qualities. ...

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Hortensio's declaration that the "curst shrow" Katherine had been tamed is astonishing to all the audience in the final scene of The Taming of the Shrew. ... This evidence suggests her ability to impersonate the character of a tamed shrew. ... If Katherine continues to focus upon her own wants, she cannot be the tamed shrew Hortensio labels her. ... Insulting Katherine, the widow retorts, "your husband being troubled with a shrew Measures my husband's sorrow by his woe. ... If he thought she was completely tamed, he would not imagine that she is still aggressive. ...

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A good example of this is shown in William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." When the "shrew", Katherine, can't find a suitor, Petruchio shows up and makes a deal with her father to marry her. ... "And thus I have politely begun my reign" (Act 4, scene 1, line 188) said Petruchio during a monologue explaining his plan to tame Katherine after they marry. ... Books and plays like The Taming of the Shrew show us how things were different back then. ...

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At first glance, The Taming of the Shrew might seem like an exception, as Katherine is presented at the outset to be extremely cross, always arguing with everyone. ... Sharp-tongued, ill-mannered, and foul-tempered, Katherine is known throughout Padua as the shrew of the town. ... Petruchio uses this deprivation as a mechanism for taming her, or forcing her into submission. ... The film 10 Things I Hate About You is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. ... The film 10 Things I Hate About You provides the audience with a much less damaging view of women than d...

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Same as in "The Taming of the Shrew" when Petruccio says he will tame Katherine as a falcon as well. ... Katherine, of "The Taming of the Shrew", and Beatrice, of "Much Ado About Nothing", are very similar to each other. ... In "The Taming of the Shrew" the introduction to Katharina, said by Gremio and Hortensio, tells the reader that Katherine is the shrew and she will never manage to find a husband (Shr. 1.I.54-60). ... If Shakespeare would have written "The Taming of the Shrew" later, Katherine could have been more complicated and brilliant. ... With the beginning of "The Taming of the Shre...

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In the studied text Shakespeare text the taming of the shrew one of the earliest of Shakespeare's romantic comedies, audiences witness universal theme such as gender relationships, family relationships and love. ... After the marriage he sets in motion a plan to end Katherine's scornful and unpleasant nature, his aim is to tame the shrew and he is self confident enough to believe he can change her. He creates a plan to tame her much like how he would tame a falcon. ... Similarly in ten things I hate about you, the theme of disguise and deceit has been portrayal and modernized into a...

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Tamed Shrews and Twelfth Nights: The Role of Women In Shakespeare Shrews and Twelfth Nights: The Role of Women In Shakespeare It is curious to note the role of women in Shakespearean literature. ... Two works, Taming of the Shrew, and Twelfth Night, stand out particularly well in regards to Shakespeare's use of female characters. ... The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, and has weathered well into our modern era with adaptations into popular television series such as Moonlighting. ... The "taming" of Katherine has been contended as being excessiv...

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