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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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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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 films such as ëten things I hate about you. ... The "taming" of Katherine has been contended as being excessively cruel by many writers and critics of the modern era. ... The women in the taming of the shrew provide a clear insight into the role of women in Shakespearian society. ... The question one has to ask, is was Katherina ever a shrew, did she behave as such to manipulate her situation, or has she really been tamed? ... Katherine rebels ag...

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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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