Katharina

several appeals of pathos, ethos and logos. In the last passage of the book, Katharina speaks out to all of the characters with a speech. Katharina describes how she has changed into a person who looks to her husband as her lord, her care taker. The characters who listened to her speech seemed impressed on how she has finally changed her rude attitude and how she obeys her husband Pertruchio’s every word. As Katharina beings her speech she tells how being a shrew is “In no sense meet or amiable

Ironically, they prove to be perfect for one another. Though Katharina seems heartless and unemotional, her one true fear is losing Petruchio. " It is surely worth remarking that Kate has only one true moment of agony, when Petruchio's deliberately tardy arrival for their wedding makes her feel jilted" (Bloom 30-31). Their mutual roughness seems to be their way of flirtation. Though Katharina feels that Petruchio is "a mad rudesby full of spleen," she realizes that she is truly

of treating the feminine gender as inferior. The words spoken by him here discussing masculinity were complemented by his actions in the film; the way he talked down Katharina and his choice of clothing are just some of the generic male attributes of manliness that he revealed. The other focused character within the movie, Katharina, was a complicated riddle to solve. I came to the conclusion that she was not truly acting as a feminist, but was really a masculine female. Whilst throwing all matters

The first step of the Protestant Reformation was carried out by a monk called Martin Luther to adjust the unfairness of the Catholic Church. He believed that the Christian faith had once been a simple religion, misrepresented on account of inadequate papal authority. Like the Roman Empire the Church had broadened its territorial domain and bureaucratic function. The moral authority of the church was corrupted because of its tainted clerical practices. In his Ninety-Five Theses, Martin mainly targeted

Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew, the main character, Katharina Minola is portrayed as a shrew. Her behavior emanated from the fact that a father who treated her with indifference raised her and there was a lack of a motherly influence in her life. “Shakespeare sketches her character with a depth the typical shrew lacks” (“The Taming and Comic Tradition” 1) so her behavior is a defense mechanism used to protect herself from rejection. Katharina “is aggressive and belligerent, but she recognizes her

About You by Gil Junger, represent their respective ideas on love which shares its similarities and differences, both portraying love in their own forms. Both texts highlight the ideals of love in their context as well as one of the main courtships, Katharina and Petruchio, involved in love, portraying their values of love. The transformation of love within context shapes Katharina’s personality in Taming of the Shrew. Kate’s transformation is submerged within a patriarchal context in this

have the luxury to make life choices. Living as independent, single was forbidden. The majority of women passed from the authority of the fathers to that of their husbands. Upon parents’ choice rather than their own, some women joined convents. Katharina von Bora, Luther’s wife, was sent to a convent at age of five. During the middle Ages the unmarried life was celebrated as “higher

only wants Katharina for her money. By this plan Petruchio was slowly and slowly ‘taming’ her. When it was time for the sacred ceremony, Petruchio was acting like a hooligan and was swearing out loud. The priest drops his book and hits him as he was trying to pick it up during the special ritual. Katharina was continuously mortified by Petruchio’s silly actions. After all the bizarre moments that had happened, Petruchio decides to leave, missing out the reception, and forcing Katharina to go with

Minola, the father, finds suitable husbands for his diverging daughters, Bianca and Katharina. The two of them are complete opposites. Bianca is pleasing to most men, making it easy for her to find love. Katharina, on the other hand, has little interest in men, due to her vicious and pessimistic personality. Unfortunately, there are two problems: Bianca already has two suitors, however, her father declared that Katharina must wed before Bianca can unite with her true love. In order to pursue the father’s

Taming of the Shrew: Male Domination The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, deals with marriage. The ideas explored are primarily shown through the characters of Petruchio and Katharina. We are introduced to the trials and tribulation's which present themselves in their everyday lives. The characters bring up a traditional concept of male domination. Through the play we see the need for domination through Petruchio, and the methods he uses to dominate. While these ideas of male domination