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    When Petruchio declares, "I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; / If wealthily, then happily in Padua," (Act 1, Scene 2), he unapologetically links love to wealth. This quote illuminates how, within the misogynistic framework, marriage is viewed through an economic lens, showcasing the societal expectation that happiness in love

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    known all through the land. At long last the ruler, Carolus the Fifth, requests that he go to his court.Faustus gives the scoop on his excursion to Rome, telling how he went over Trier, France, the Rhine River, Naples, the tomb of Vergil, Venice, and Padua. At that point, to Mephistopheles, he's all, man, where are we? To which Meph lets him know: duh, Rome. Mephistopheles clarifies the topography of Rome—how it remains on seven slopes with the Tiber River

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    Who Is Sophia Riveros?

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    The stranger of this lab paper is a well-mannered Padua sophomore girl, Sophia Riveros. In the Psychology class, Mr. Mac asked over a hundred questions that allowed everyone to express what they value in life, what their favorite hobbies are, how do they present themselves in certain situations, and what they are like when interacting with others. Based on Sophia’s answers, I am able to conclude that she has a very unique personality. In addition, she has many different talents such as her athletic

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    The Gattamelata was created in 1445-1453. Donatello created it because a town called Padua, wanted to honor Erasmo. Even today, The Gattamelata still stands in Padua, Italy. Another piece that I like is Saint Mark, It was created because The Linen Guild commissioned it to be created It was created in 1411-1413. Today Saint Mark is located in Florence, Italy. My favorite

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    In the story "Taming of The Shrew" by William Shakespeare, we see the daily life of characters living in the Italian town of Padua. In this story, Lucentio brings his servants, Biondello and Tranio, to Padua. Soon, Lucentio sees a beautiful woman named Bianca which shifts his focus. The only problem is that Bianca can't get married until Kate get married due to a rule made by their father, Baptista Minola. At first, this seems like it is not a possibility to Bianca, as Kate is considered the "Shrew"

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    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

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    first of the seven children of his parents. It was at Padua which he started his life's work on the study of motion and astronomy which brought him fame and controversy on his studies. Galileo made many significant contributions to science. In his early life he enrolled in the University of Pisa in 1581 and noticed one day how a chandelier was moving and made a legendary discovery about the movement of a pendulum. In his later years he went to Padua when all of a sudden in 1604 scientists found a new

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    Throughout The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, as you can tell by the title, a shrew is tamed. That shrew’s name is Katherine, the daughter of Baptista Minola with whom she lives in Padua. Petruchio is the fellow doing the taming. He is a gentleman from Verona who arrived to Padua “happily to wive and thrive” (Shakespeare 68). The taming process teaches both Petruchio and Katherine that hard times will come, but they will go through them together; Kate was also confronted with the truth

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    respectful young lady while Katharina is a rude, disrespectful shrew. No one wishes to marry Katharina because they all long to be with Bianca. Baptista however proposes that Katharina must be married before Bianca can marry. Petruchio, a visitor in Padua, comes to marry a wealthy wife which turn out to be Katharina and he ends up not only pleasing himself but everyone around him. Because of all the positive outcomes of the marriage like Petruchio’s and Katharina’s needs being fulfilled, having personalities

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    of quantitative data of showing ages of respondents and previous festival attendance. In the paper, “A Comparative Econometric Analysis of Museum Attendance by Locals and Foreigners: The Case of Padua and Seville’’ the researchers convey case studies which were the ‘’ Musei Civici degli Eremitani’’ of Padua and the ‘’Museo de Bellas Artes’’ of Seville. They handed out questionnaires and conducted survey, analyzing a variety of socio-demographic and economic characteristics of visitors by using large

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