In Shakespeare, Bianca puts on a perfect performance of gentility and submissiveness -- the perfect daughter, until she is married. The audience sees her abused by her sister; in a way Petruccio will later abuse Katherine. "Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself, / to make a bondmaid and a slave of me;/That I disdain: but for these other gawds, / Unbind my hands, I'll pull them off myself, / Yea, all my raiment, to my petticoat;/or what you will command me will I do, / So well I know my duty to my elders." (2.3) it is difficult to imagine Bianca Stratford being so submissive to Kat at anytime -- only after marriage, does Shakespeare's Bianca's true "headstrong" spirit emerge. "The more fool you, for laying on my duty," she says to her new husband, now she has snared him. (5.2) Thus, in the film, Bianca Stratford is manipulative from the beginning, arranging for the wooing of Kat by another, so Bianca may date. Bianca begs her sister to engage in "teenage normalcy," and is rude to her sister, such as when she says, "Has the fact that you're completely psycho managed to escape your attention?" rather than witty or flirtatious. Ten Things I Hate about You," ends with Kat's heart melting and her acceptance of teen normalcy and dating, as she admits that she hates the fact that she doesn't hate her suitor. This final admission indicates that Kat Stratford no longer estranges herself from her social world. But Shakespeare's final act creates a complete reversal in tone. The characters, in contrast to the beginning, are no longer performing. They have not 'learned a lesson' like the characters of the film, but have become more honest. Bianca, now secure in marriage, no longer need be subject to her father's or sister's domination...
Katherine can be more open about her needs for love, and accept the social yoke of Petruccio, now that she knows it is safe to be open about her need for love. This is why the play, perhaps, does not finally return to Christopher Sly -- because the characters are no longer playing. The tossed hat does not provoke a fight in Act 5, because such physical battles no longer matter in the context of formal marriage. True, Katherine offers to put her hand beneath her master's foot, but as one critic observed, it is difficult to avoid an ironic reading of this moment, and perhaps shows even more shrewd husband management than Bianca. (Heaney, 1998)
Shakespeare's play's Taming of the Shrew female lead, Katherine by answering the question that whether she was eventually tamed or not. The Works Cited four sources in MLA format. Character Analysis of Katherine Taming The Shrew by William Shakespeare is a comedy play tactfully and purposely divided into five entertaining acts (Plot Structure). The induction highlights the possible reasons for the play's existence followed by an introduction all the characters playing
Taming Comedy is a vehicle for satire, and satire is a means by which to convey social commentary. In The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare uses the medium of comedy to transmit potent yet socially subversive ideas related to gender roles and norms. Cloaked in the ascription to patriarchy, The Taming of the Shrew instead describes the ridiculousness of gender inequity. Shakespeare's commitment to farce and satire are evident in the
Ii., 164). This could be taken literally and superficially as a direct commentary on the place of women in marriage and in society, or it could be that Katherine is simply going along wt things for now, either as a part of a plan with Petrcuhio (the couple wins quite a lot of money for her obedience), of for her own motives. Like Sly, she sees no reason to disturb
Taming of the shrew is one of the most memorable and prominent Shakespearean comedies. It revolves around patriarchic themes such as taming of wild woman, a man's domineering character, female subjugation etc. But while many critics feel that the play chronicles the domination process in a marriage where Petruchio, the male lead finally overpowers his wild and aggressive wife, Katherine Minola, closer analysis of the play reveals that this is
Shakespeare William Shakespeare, the famous playwright and the great poet was born in 1564 at Stratford-on-Avon in England. Though he never attended college he had a sound basic education. He went to London in his early twenties and during the next ten years he wrote some of the classical masterpieces like Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello and Hamlet. Shakespeare wrote a variety of plays from tragedy to comedy. 'The Merchant of Venice',
When we look at Titus, we see someone for which we cannot sympathize because his devotion to Rome is bordering on zealous. This is not to mention that Rome is, at the time, a corrupt power. The most interesting fact regarding these three plays their protagonists is the fact that Shakespeare does not do anything or allow anything to occur that would make us want to sympathize with Titus. Shakespeare
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