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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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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