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    Petruchio is pretty honest at the start of the play when he claims "I has come to wive it weathy in Padua; If wealthy then happily in Padua” (Act 2 Scene 2 Line 74-75). This is just a declaration that of him to marry Katherina for love. On the contrary, He proclaims his goal is to marry for money, which is marrying rich wife. He also says that he does not care if the woman is ugly, old or the shrewish one in town as he says “Be she as foul as was Florentius’ love, As old as Sibyl, and as curst and

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    respectable dowries. One of his two daughters was seen to be a shrew amongst the people of Padua, this therefore making it extremely difficult for him to find a suitor for her. Money therefore played an immense part in the marriage of Katherina. Without Petruchio turning up in Padua, looking for a wife it could have looked dreadful for Baptista, not being able to locate a suitor. “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua,” admits Petruchio. He himself along with Hortensio and Baptista are very money orientated

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    “And I have thrust myself into this maze, Happily to wive and thrive, as best I may” (Shakespeare 24.) As one watches the films “Taming of the shrew” and “10 Things I Hate About you,” there are some similarities and differences between the two. Some are very sizeable while others are harmless to the plot. The similarities and differences vary from location to characters. The ones standing out the most seem to be certain characters, setting details, and also the willingness of Baptista to let his

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    Comparative Essay The Taming of the Shrew and 10 things I Hate About You The Taming of the Shrew was written by William Shakespeare in 1593. It describes the life of Katherina, the difficult older sister who few people were willing to marry, and her younger sister Bianca, with her many suitors lining up to marry her. The play was later adapted into a movie in 1999 by Touchstone Pictures which was named 10 Things I Hate About You. The movie follows Kat and Bianca in high school, where they

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    Galileo Galilei's Life

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    Galilei was a musician and his mother was Giulio degli Ammannati. They was belonged to the nobility but they was not rich. He studied in the University of Pisa and his father would like him to study medicine but he learned physics. In 1592 he moved to Padua and he was a professor in mathematics in

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    was notable for its tolerance of Jewish students and faculty members. Despite its proximity to the Vatican, Padua was part of the free Venetian state and was located some twenty-five miles south of the port city. Humanists believed that a person’s worth should be judged by their breadth of knowledge and culture, by accomplishments and not by fortune or religion, and the University of Padua sought out the best teachers regardless of their personal beliefs. It relaxed the requirement that graduates

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    muscular system, vascular and circulatory systems, nervous system, abdominal organs, and the heart. Vesalius’s work was part of one the earliest health programs. The Council of Doges in Venice. They responded to the bubonic plague. University of Padua devoted themselves to figure out more. Like how it spreads, how it develops in a person, and if it’s possible for victims to be cured. If it wasn’t for Andreas dissecting the body of a felon named Jakob Karrer Von Gebweiler, the discovery of the human

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    being silenced, physically abused, and brainwashed throughout the course of the play. The tragedy about her force into submission is that Kate is a strong-willed girl. Kate’s strong willingness is unacceptable in the town of Padua where she resides. To the residents of Padua, including her father, Kate is nothing more than a shrew: a bad tempered, defiant, “fiend of hell” whom no man could ever desire as a wife (1.1.90). The only man who steps up and offers to Kate as a bride is Petruchio. Petruchio

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    St. Anthony was born in Lisbon in 1195 and was baptized "Ferdinand." His parents were of nobility. Some writers of the fifteenth century posited that his father was Martin Bouillon, a descendant of the famous Godfrey de Bouillon, commander of the First Crusade; and his mother, Theresa Tavejra, was a descendant of Froila I, fourth king of Asturia. However, this genealogy is unproven. Nevertheless, his parents were faithful and sought to hand their faith onto their son. He also was privileged to receive

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    Petruchio tells Hortensio once he arrives in Padua, “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua / If wealthily, then happily in Padua” (I.ii.76-77). In The Taming of the Shrew, marriage is something that a man should want. Petruchio came to Padua with a large sum of money and ready to marry, like most men would. In the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, it states, “It is a truth universally acknowledged

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