The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy written by William Shakespeare, written in the year 1594 ("Shakespeare, William"). ... However, Katherina is courted, married, and tamed by Petruchio ("Lambs' Tales From Shakespeare - The Taming Of The Shrew"). ... During the play Katherina ties up her sister and beats her ("MonkeyNotes-The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare-Free Book notes/Chapter Summary"; "NovelGuide: The Taming of the Shrew"). ... Instead of becoming discouraged, Petruchio become determined to tame Katherina ("Lambs' Tales From Shakespeare - The Taming Of The Shrew"...

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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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In the play Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare there are many diverse themes. The most predominant theme in my mind is the meticulous way the shrew is tamed. ... (William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, Folger Edition, Page 41, Lines 144-147) This is where Petruchio is found and take up the offer from Hortensio and Gremio, to wed Kate. ... In the play Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare there are many diverse themes. The most predominant theme in my mind is the meticulous way the shrew is tamed. ...

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Hortensio: "Now, go thy ways; thou hast tamed a curst shrew. Lucentio: "Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tamed so." ... These two concluding lines of Shakespeare's play, "The Taming of the Shrew", summarize each side of the question we are left to answer as the play closes; whether or not Petruchio has succeeded in taming Katharina. ... She chose to be tamed in exchange for marriage. ... Even the other characters may have the vague idea that Katharina's taming is a farce. ...

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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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However, strong women prevail in Shakespeare's comedies, especially Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. ... Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew is undoubtedly the central character in this play. ... Of course, Petruchio wins this argument (hence, "taming" of the shrew). ... Elizabeth Taylor did a great job representing Kate in the 1966 UK film The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Franco Zeffirelli. ... While Kate and Beatrice are the most prevalent characters in The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare also presents us w...

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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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His plays have inspired successful Hollywood films such "10 Things I Hate About You," based on "The Taming of the Shrew." ... To this day, expressions such as 'too much of a good thing' (As You Like It), 'in my mind's eye' (Hamlet), 'it was Greek to me' (Julius Caesar), 'break the ice' (The Taming of the Shrew) and 'bated breath' (The Merchant of Venice) are used in everyday speech and writing. ...

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William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many count...

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Shakespeare's plays are usually divided into three major categories, these are Three plays which are in the category of comedy are The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Two Gentlemen of Verone. ...

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William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many count...

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William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many count...

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To Be or Not To Be? Around 1568, a group of actors visited Stratford and put on a play before the entire town, with permission from John Shakespeare, the mayor of the town. The people loved the play, especially the small children. All of them looked up to the actors, as they returned each year t...

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