Romeo And Juliet Analysis Essay

Kate shows change in a way where she is innocent but obedient, before Petruchio enter the wedding party for Bianca, and right as they are about to enter Petruchio asks for a kiss. Kate denies him this because she has become modest and innocent which is a major change from the start, but shows obedience when she gives in and kisses him,”Nay, I will give thee a kiss. (kisses him) Now pray thee, love, stay,”(V.i.228).

Lucentio is a suitor to Bianca. In the beginning of the play, Lucenito is portrayed as the cliché “love at first sight” type of person. He must do everything in his power to get Bianca to wed

In Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare reveals Baptista’s loving tone towards Bianca through diction and imagery. One example of Baptista’s loving tone towards Bianca is shown through diction when he scolds Katherine. When Katherine and Bianca get into a quarrel over which of the suitors Bianca prefers, Baptista sides with Bianca stating, “Why, how now, dame, whence grows this / Insolence?-- / Bianca, stand aside. -- Poor girl, she weeps” (2.1.23-25). Baptista’s loving tone toward Bianca is revealed through his diction. He feels sorrowful for her. He states that she is a ‘poor’ girl when her sister harms her. He feels that Bianca is innocent and should not be mistreated. He does not want her to weep. His loving tone is brought out by the fact that he does not want her to be in pain.

Lucentio's treatment of Tranio is reflected in his treatment of Bianca and their role as man and woman. Lucentio never hits Bianca or mistreats her in anyway, but spends the play wooing her and showing her his love. However, Bianca does not completely mimic Tranio's obedience in her role as wife to Lucentio. Though Bianca is not as stubborn willed and shrewish as her sister, Katherine, she does not obey her husband when he calls her to him. Biondello comes back to Lucentio to report: "Sir, my mistress sends you word that she is busy and she cannot come." [7] This action is in direct contradiction with An Homily on the State of Matrimony which states: "Let not therefore the woman be too busy to call for the duty of her husband where she should be ready to perform her own, for that is not worthy any great commendation." [8] Though Lucentio is consistent with his role as master and husband. His relationship with Tranio differs slightly from Bianca, Tranio's servant hood more apparent and selfless.

Much like Ten Things I Hate About You, it is about a man taming and wooing a woman. However, the plot, setting and characters are more similar to the original play. Baptista of Padua has two daughters: Katharina, who is a terror, and Bianca, who is all things sweet and lovely. Bianca has three suitors; Lucentio, Gremio and Hortensio. However, much like in Ten Things I Hate About You, Baptista announces that Bianca may not marry until Katherina is wed. None of the men in town are willing to marry Katherina, so Bianca remains unwed.

The relationship between Kate and Petruchio is completely different from the love of Bianca and Lucentio. "Kate is a neglected, hurt, and humiliated daughter who disguises her grief from herself as well as others with a noisy shrewish temper" (Craig 342). She has a fiery disposition and a reputation for reacting violently to people. The challenge of capturing her is Petruchio's real attraction to her. He can be seen as a rough, unfeeling, greedy, "swash-buckler" who cares nothing for Kate's feelings (so long as she has money). "

I feel like if I was like that, I’d feel uncomfortable and I don’t see how you’d feel content or enjoy yourself ever. I think Bianca trying to fit in says that she isn’t that emotionally stable because if people didn’t like the person she was, obviously she has experienced that or is in fear of that for her to care so much about fitting in, otherwise I think she could be insecure and so she feels the need to do what others that are getting noticed are doing in order to feel accepted/feel better about herself maybe. In 10 things I hate about you, I loved when Cameron (Lucentio) tells Bianca, “Just because you’re beautiful doesn’t mean you can treat people like they don’t matter.” Katherine actually states in the movie, “I don’t like to do what people expect. Why should I live up to other people’s expectations instead of my own?” Which of course makes perfect sense. So I feel Katherine would be considered strong or “emotionally stable”, especially compared to Bianca anyway. And Katherine clearly cares about her health/happiness as well and is open-minded which is a very good thing to be in

However, Bianca’s personality is a little different. Bianca is a polite and not as tempered as her sister Katherina. She is a beautiful younger girl who falls in fall with Lucentio. Bianca, is the total opposite of her sister Katherina. The tone of Bianca’s voice is mostly calm, soft-spoken, and sweet.

Furthermore, in Act IV, Scene ii, Bianca and Lucentio are flirting and they share a kiss that Hortensio sees, causing him to view Bianca as unworthy and shrewish. As a result of what he sees, he tells Tranio disguised as Lucentio, “Here is my hand and I firmly vow/Never to woo her more, but do forswear her/ As one unworthy of all the former favors/That I have fondly flattered [her] withal ”(IV.ii.28-31). Hortensio sees how Bianca continues to deceive her father and love a man who he presumes is of the lower class under the guise of studying, something that a woman of her social class should not do. As a

As the play continues, we learn even more about Kate. For example, when Kate and Petruchio go back to Baptista’s, Kate begins to see how Petruchio operates. She learns that if she does what Petruchio says, even if she knows it is not true, she will get something she wants out of it, like going back to her father’s house. Petruchio test Kate when they meet the real Vincentio on the road and he asks Kate if she has ever seen a finer young women. Knowing what he is up to, Kate shows her amazing wit and decides to play his game. She has figured out that Petruchio has a method to his madness and if she plays her cards right, their relationship can be a partnership with a series of actions and rewards.

Bianca, like Desdemona and Emilia, is only seen in relation to men and is as such, defined by them. In pertinence to the class element in the said relationship, it must be noted that Elizabethan society required for a woman to be married in order for society to ascribe her any power. As such, Bianca works hard to assert herself as Cassio's mistress, who treats the 'bauble(s)' (4.1.134) genuine affection with contempt. Cassio reveals the limitations of the relationship when he tells Bianca to 'leave me for this time' (4.1.185) because he does not want to be seen by Othello to be 'womaned' (3.4.187). Further examples of the power that Cassio holds over Bianca can be seen in Act 4 Scene 1.

He is rich, madly in love, and willing to do anything to get what he wants; he is Lucentio. Lucentio is one of the main characters of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. His role in the play begins as he arrives in Padua, Italy as a rich student with the intent of furthering his education at a university in Padua. Mind you, Lucentio is accompanied by his servant Tranio who reminds him to enjoy life and not to exclusively focus on his studies. However, this conversation is abruptly interrupted by a boisterous crowd containing Baptista Minola and his alluring daughter Bianca. Upon seeing Bianca, Lucentio proclaims, “Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perish, Tranio, if I achieve not this young modest girl. (Act 1, Scene 1)” This ultimately leads

In act 1, scene 1, line 55, Signor Grumio says, “to cart her rather! She’s too rough for me”. In an article by Angela Michelle, the quote “Kate desires love, regardless of how unloving and unlovable she begins,” This is a statement that I agree with, as Katherine does show the signs of desiring love, as shown when she exclaims “I’ll see thee hanged on Sunday first,” (act 2 scene 1 line 288) to Petruchio when he organises the day they are to be wed, yet ends up going to the wedding anyway. Another quote from Michelle’s article states, “She (Katherine) feels jealous of Bianca and how everyone, even their father, views her as the preferred sister”. This is another statement I agree with, as on top of romantic love, Katherine also yearns love from her father and the people around her.

At the beginning of the play, Katherina is seen as the forceful sister and Bianca as the clever one. Katherina is described by Grumio as the "fiend of hell" (I.i.88) and by Tranio as "curst and shrewd" (I.i.180). In contrast, Lucentio sees in Bianca's silence "mild behavior and

Peace, Tranio”- Lucentio voices his affection for the woman and preference of her ‘mild behaviour’ in a companion on lines 71-73; exactly what a man would be looking for. The stereotype is quite evident, ergo, the amount of men fawning over Bianca; the obedient one. Conversely Katherina; a strong, independent woman, was only ‘valuable’ to Petruchio; a masochist who only saw their marriage as a challenge; after all, her very existence and determination posed a threat upon his ego. The gender stereotypes were damaging enough already without the comedic effect. While the men played the female character’s, the male actors proceeded to mock their female counterpart in their performances, denoting women even further. The stereotypes also reinforced the pressure on males to play the dominant part, to be seen as macho and to show no weakness or emotion other than anger or cunning. The play was