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Women in the era of Queen Elizabeth I were often portrayed through stereotypes such as, “The Good and the Badde” by Nicholas Breton. In this work women have desired traits such as loyalty, obedience, and innocence. Undesirable traits would be just the opposite, disobedience, raunchiness, treachery, loudness, and being outspoken. The play, “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare, plays heavily to these stereotypes with the two female main characters; Bianca and Kate. Whereas Kate plays the Un-quiet one in the beginning, but transitions to more of a quiet one or the good wife while Bianca plays The Virgin.

Examine the different ways in which Shakespeare presents the attitude towards marriage in the play, ‘The Taming of the Shrew.’

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy/love story written by Shakespeare between 1590 and 1592. However, in the current era with new beliefs of men and women’s roles, The Taming of The Shrew is seen as pure misogyny. The plot of the play follows the idea that Bianca, the youngest daughter, is a beautiful young girl with lots of male attention and is eager to wed, though her wealthy father will not allow it until her older hot-tempered sister also has a suitor. Many modern films has been made on this famous Shakespearean play, including; Taming of the Shrew directed by Franco Zeffirelli, 1967. The film is a filmic rendering of the play. 10 things I hate about you, 1999, is a loose adaptation of the play, directed by Gil Junger. 10 Things is a

Society today in the world talks much about how people are treated equally or not equally. Protests or riots involving racial discrimination are all we see on the news. Another topic discussed heavily today is gender equality as well. Parts of literature and history such as Shakespeare’s “The Taming of The Shrew”, and Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” speech offer much insight to this topic by teaching lessons about how it was in the past. For that reason I believe we should still use pieces of literature such as these in the classroom today.

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare might appeal to Kalidasa because this play can be used to show the Hindu puranas and respect toward the deities. Kalidasa’s name means the “servant of Kali” which can suggest he is a follower of the deity Durga, who evolves in the form of Kali to destroy the demons. In the Taming of the Shrew, Katherine can represent the deity Durga/ Kali to reveal the two side of a female character. According to Hinduism, goddess Durga is the main force behind creation, preservation and destruction; similarly, a female like Katherine can very destructive by punishing her sister and being rude to her father. However, that same women, Katherine, can create a beautiful family bond and preserve the relationship with the force of love and affection. Furthermore, this play can be used to teach lessons toward the Indian society to treat women with respect and not consider them to be part of secondary status because of gender division or sexism. It can reveal to

Katherine makes this important speech after Petruchio tries to make her obey by ordering her to say that the sun is really the moon. Katherine is tired, hungry, and worn out of their conflicts. She is basically saying that at this point forward in her life, Petruchio might as well redefine her reality for her. With Katherine caving in with this speech, Petruchio's victory over her is imminent. She does not have the strength to resist his authority fully, and her taming is all but fully complete.

Women are vital members of our society today, and they can contribute equally as men. But at Shakespeare’s time, people underestimated women and thought they were the weaker gender. Women couldn’t do many things that men could do. Female’s rights have exceedingly grown from being the inferior gender in Shakespeare’s time to being equal with men now.

The time period of the Renaissance included many features or details that may seem incredulous to many people of today’s society. Some of which even include the inequality of men and women, and certain relationships of families which can consist of fathers and children or husbands and wives. In the play The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare, each character and the environments around them were greatly affected due to these features. In fact, the entire final outcome and result would be completely different if the time period of the play were not set in the Renaissance. In The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare uses the time period of the Renaissance to represent abusive power, and as a unifying device for culture, social life, and family life.

The topic of transformation is focused on throughout Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and can be developed into the themes of as time goes on people change, people are influenced to change, and force can cause change in others. Shakespeare’s characters experience transformation throughout the play and therefore create the related themes, these changes and transitions are an important part of life, this concept of change can be seen throughout our world today.

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In Shakespeare's comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare has a woman as one of the story's main characters. Katherine Minola (Kate) is off the wall, and kinda crazy. Because of her actions, the “male centered world” around her doesn't know what to do with her.

From the societal struggles of women in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, to the story of Nora and her domineering and overbearing husband, Torvald, in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, the theme of oppression and mistreatment of women has been prevalent throughout literature. The play The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, examines this theme by detailing the female-pursuits of 3 men, Lucentio, Hortensio, and Petruchio, and their respective methods of “seduction”. While Lucentio lies in order to attract Bianca and Hortensio elects to marry a woman simply for her wealth, Petruchio, to the surprise of the other male characters, marries a foul-tempered and sharp-tongued “shrew”, Katherine. After their wedding, Petruchio, a selfish and volatile braggart, subjugates his wife’s temper by clandestinely subjecting her to sleep deprivation and starvation. By the end of the play, Petruchio seems to have “tamed” Kate, as she is ludicrously compliant with his whims, and defensive of his statements. The question remains however, why did men in this society feel the necessity to assert their dominance in almost every realm of life? By examining the attitudes of the characters Hortensio, Lucentio, and Petruchio, the interactions between them, and the outcomes of their marriages, Shakespeare asserts that societal expectations of masculinity, rather than the nature of man himself, produce the attitude of overbearing dominance and is thus the cause of the mistreatment of women.

The central conflict of “The Taming of the Shrew” is the fact that Katherine has to be married before her beautiful younger sister, Bianca, may be wedded. This is a problem because Katherine isn’t the prettiest woman and she is a “Shrew”. A shrew is an ill-tempered, aggressive, disobedient woman. The fact that Katherine is a shrew puts everybody off from marrying her. So the main conflict revolves around getting Katherine married. Some other conflicts that happen later on in the story would be “taming the shrew” by making Katherine obedient to her husband, and winning over Bianca for marriage.

Love is one of the most powerful things in this world. People will go to great lengths to achieve another’s love. From youth we have been showered with tales of true love’s kiss and of Prince Charming breaking the Evil Queen’s curse. Time and again, we are made to see the power of love. In the play, “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare, the renowned playwright takes love deeper than just passion. Shakespeare goes under the surface of love, all the way to its core. The story truly begins as Baptista Minola’s two daughters are readied for marriage: Bianca the sweet and innocent; Katherina the shrewd and curst. Men gravitate towards beautiful Bianca and flee when Katherina appears. Hortensio, a good friend of the main protagonist, Petruchio, wants to marry Bianca, in order for that to happen, Hortensio must get Petruchio to marry Katherina. Yet, Petruchio knows what he is getting himself into and he wisely sees past Katherina’s prickly outer shell. He proves that the Katherina isn’t what everyone in Padua thinks she is. Petruchio exposes the superficial problems in his society and demonstrates that respect and love are one and the same. Furthermore, Petruchio’s determination and heart allows him to woo the girl, marry her and activate the Taming of the Shrew.

The role of woman in the society has always been really controversial, whether it was 400 years ago or now. Shakespeare's two very famous comedy plays, The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice challenge a very serious social issue, the role and importance of woman in society. We all know the stereotypical image of woman in the society but Shakespeare questions the society on these thoughts through his plays. While Shakespeare expresses his ideas in a very unique way in each of his plays, this issue is common in both plays and is portrayed very similarly. Whether it is the way woman are treated, portrayed or judged, Shakespeare repeats the same idea through difference acts and events between the two comedies. There are some