The Taming of the Shrew

Based on my experience watching The Taming of the Shrew, I do agree with Ms. Ditor. For quite a bit of the play I was asking myself what was going to happen next, and that helped me to be more engaged in what was happening with the storytelling of the play. The aspect of wondering what was going to happen next, whether or not someone already knows the storyline and plot, it something that comes with the performance and those conducting it. In the audience, I noticed that the energy flow was greater

Taming of the shrew The Taming of the shrew was just one of William Shakespeare's 4 great comedies. Taming of the shrew is based on a king named Baptista who had two daughters named Katherina and Bianca. Both daughters had arranged marriages by there father. Since Katherina was older she had to get married first. Her father chose Petruchio for her to marry. Katherina did not want to get married to Pertuchio, but Katherina did not have a choice. Katherina was very disobedient at the begging of

The Taming of the Shrew/The Good and the Badde Essay 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

Jude Brooks-Benham, The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew focuses not only on the roles of the sexes, but also plays with the varying social roles found in society from head of the house to foot of the house. Tranio finds himself at the bottom of this social ladder, a servant to Lucentio. However Tranio employs his wit and cunning to raise his status at the expense of his master. Tranio is a manipulative intellectual who uses persuasive rhetoric and wit to distract Lucentio

Kristine Lieu Mr. Smith English 2, Period 1 02 March 2016 The Taming of the Shrew Introduction What happens when two fouled tongue and short tempered human beings gets married and try to get dominate each other? In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, the shrew, Katherine is compelled to marry the severe Petruchio, whose ravenousness for Katherine 's settlement is coordinated just by his nonchalance for her contentious mentality. To start with, Katherine is unwilling to comply

The Taming of the Shrew (TOS) is a play by Shakespeare set in Padua, Italy in the 1590’s. The play was written in 1590 and has had several films, reproductions and appropriations created from it. One of these appropriations is the 1999 movie Ten Things I Hate About You, which is set in the late 1990’s in Seattle, U.S.A. Why has this story been so attractive to society? It is not only because Shakespeare has crafted a brilliant story, but because the themes have been relevant over the 4 centuries

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Characteristics of Katherina Minola BAD: Katherine Minola is a fiery, spirited woman, and as such, the male dominated world around her doesn 't quite know what to do with her. Much of what we know about Kate initially comes from what other people say about her. Kate, in her own defense, offers telling commentary on her situation. Although other characters encourage us to see her as unmannerly and incorrigible, deserving of marginalization and abuse, looking more closely at

differences in Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You, for example the characters. Katherine expresses herself in a very violent manner in Taming of the Shrew, she ties her sister Bianca up and beats her and hit Hortensio over the head with a musical instrument. In 10 things I Hate About You, Kat uses her words and insults as her main form of communication, she publicly imbaresses Joey in class and has attitude towards Patrick when he tries to ask her out. Katherine in Taming of the Shrew is portrayed

bachelor from William Shakespeare’s well- known comedy The Taming Of The Shrew who goes to Padua for the specific intention of finding a wealthy wife. Despite the repeated warnings from friends, he is determined to woo the ` famously shrewish, but at the same time wealthy Katherine “Kate” Minola who is equally determined to thwart his advance. Not only does he tame the shrew, but he also brings tremendous impacts to the story. By taming the shrew, he has done a favor for most characters of the play who

In Shakespeare’s comedy, Taming of the Shrew, the writer explores the idea of a woman being the property of her husband, and having to do everything that he bids her to do. Katherina, the eldest daughter of the Baptista, is well-known for her shrewish attitude. Whereas, her younger sister, Bianca, is the ideal woman-- this results to her having several suitors, and Katherina having none. Katherina eventually marries a man named Petruchio, and through a process, she becomes ‘tamed’. This play has