Petruchio And Juliet

Petruchio manipulates Katherine into kissing him in the middle of the street; after everyone has exited, “Nay, I will give thee a kiss. [she kisses him] Now pray thee, love, stay” (V,ii,153-154). It can be implied here that after everyone exits, Petruchio and Katherine in fact devise a plan to fool her family and the rest of the wedding guests into believing that she has Petruchio has tamed her into an obedient wife. This is important because it proves that the two are both equally manipulative and that they can trick people into believing whatever they tell them to be true and even make a financial gain from such schemes. Petruchio commands Katherine to instruct Bianca and the widow about the wife’s duties to her husband, “But love, fair looks, and, and true obedience-too little payment for so great a debt.

In the play Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare includes 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.

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, and has weathered well into our modern era. For all the praises it has garnered throughout the centuries, it is curious to note that many have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. The "taming" of Katherine has been contended as being excessively cruel by many writers and critics of the modern era. George Bernard Shaw himself pressed for its banning during the 19th century. The subservience of Katherine has been labeled as barbaric, antiquated, and generally demeaning. The play centers on her and her lack of suitors. It establishes in the first act her shrewish demeanor and its repercussions on her family. It is only with the introduction of the witty Petruchio as her suitor, that one begins to see an evolution in her character. Through an elaborate charade of humiliating behavior, Petruchio humbles her and by the end

Taming of the Shrew Character Profile · Romantic comedy Time and place written · Around 1592, London Date of first publication · 1623 Tone · The overall tone of the play is light and comic, though the exploration of larger social questions, such as the proper relation of the sexes in marriage, lends much of the comedy a more serious tone. Settings (Time) · Unspecific, though presumably sometime during the Italian Renaissance Settings (Place) · Padua, a city-state in Italy prominent during the Renaissance Major conflict · Petruccio's attempt to "tame" Katherine; that is, to assert his authority in their marriage and overcome her hotheaded

Katherine could not stand Petruchio but she liked the attention due to the fact that she never got any from her father because she was the least favorite daughter. Shakespeare made it out that Katherine was a shrew the whole book but in reality, she was nothing more than a daughter wanting attention. Once she married Petruchio she stopped acting as a “shrew” and started acting as a wife because for the first time in forever she was actually given attention. Petruchio believed it was because he “tamed” her but in reality she was “tamed” the whole time.

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It is both a witty and complex play with characters that are appealing and believable drawn from life and based on a keen understanding of human nature. One can see this in the main character of the play, the shrew Katherine. The reasons for Kate's shrewd behavior as well as her tameness have puzzled Critics and Shakespearean scholars for ages. This essay will attempt to decipher Kate's shrewish character from the beginning with her father and sister, through the middle with her first meeting of Petruchio, to the finale where she is finally tamed.

Katherine and Petruchio begin their relationship with him starving, manipulating her words, and not allowing her to sleep, which is not condoned by Shakespeare. These unrealistic and exaggerated actions that pain Katherine are used to critique the treatment of women and their role in society. Shakespeare is not condoning these actions but rather emphasizing their irrationality. Shakespeare continues criticizing the role of women with demonstrating Baptista and how he is neglectful of Katherine, showing poor treatment will lead to the “shrew” behavior, in comparison to Bianca who is praised for everything, therefore is more desirable with a seemingly hire position in society. The position of women is based on their attractiveness as a spouse to men.

Taming of the Shrew’s most unique character is the titular Shrew, Katherine Minola, whose defiant and oftentimes nasty personality makes her markedly different from the typical Shakespearean woman. Her abrasive and brash behavior defies traditional gender roles of the period and formulates a compelling character with deep intricacies and vast potential for interpretation. The last few scenes of the play mainly revolve around Petruchio, Katherine’s husband, and his attempts to “tame the shrew” and turn Katherine into a typical and subservient wife. In the final stretch of the play, we see Katherine as what seems to be a complete reversal of her original personality, performing a patriarchal monologue on the importance of obeying your husband.

Petruccio uses a number of different methods to try and “tame” Katherine. He proves to her that he is her equal in regards to their quick wit or verbal acuity. He uses his extreme confidence and his status as a man, when he says to her father that Katherine has already agreed to marry him, when in reality she definitely has not. Then the scene at the wedding, he completely humiliates her by wearing ridicoulous clothing, arriving late, and riding on a broken-down horse, and then he demonstrates his authority over her by force her to leave immediately after the wedding. When they reach his house he says that he will “kill her with kindness.”

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 in her having several suitors, and Katherina has none. Katherina eventually marries a man named Petruchio, and through a process, she becomes ‘tamed’. This play has been transposed into several film productions, Zeffirelli’s The Taming of the Shrew, and BBC and Rickards’ Shakespeare Retold; The Taming of the Shrew, are two examples. Between these two productions, Rickards’ version of Taming of the Shrew seems to be the

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The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, and it shares many essential characteristics with his other romantic comedies, such as Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These characteristics include light-hearted and slapstick humor, disguises and deception, and a happy ending in which most of the characters come out satisfied. The light-heartedness of these romantic comedies contrasts sharply with the darker humor and deeper characterization of Shakespeare’s later plays, both comic and tragic. The youthfulness of the playwright can be seen in the unusual spirit of the early plays. Like the other romantic comedies, The Taming of the Shrew focuses on courtship and marriage, but, unlike most of them, it

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‘The Taming of the Shrew’ by Williams Shakespeare was written in the Elizabethan era. The play explores the use of characters to emphasise on gender roles and its relation to modern society. It demonstrates Katherina’s lack of choice, Bianca as the “ideal” woman and Katherina using her advantage of being a woman to get what she wants.

The morals and values presented in his works speak to the audience, often offering a new perspective on the world in which they live. Students are affected by the powerful and complex characters and are rewarded with profound insights into human nature and behavior.I firmly believe that Shakespeare's works, like no other literature in the high school curriculum, challenge and invigorate the minds of students. Because of the complex characters, difficult vocabulary and style in which he writes, students must elevate their level of learning to grasp a clear understanding of his works. Shakespeare's plays hold intricate meanings and messages. His