The comedic play The Taming of the Shrew and the tragedy King Lear show a number of similarities, including the subject of appearance versus reality. The daughters of King Lear, Regan and Goneril, fake their image similarly to Bianca, the daughter of Baptista. These three characters’ true colors are revealed throughout the plays, illustrating how deceptive they were to the people around them, but in the end the affects of the characters attitudes essentially has different results. Goneril and Regan’s true characters are obviously revealed early on in the play as they fabricate their feelings towards their father and act heinous to him as well as the other characters, but Bianca’s real personality comes as a surprise even though it shouldn’t
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Kissing up to him, the two sisters manipulated his decision of splitting the land between them causing Cordelia acknowledge their true personalities from the start as she sadly says to them, “I know you what you are, and like a sister am most loath to call your faults as they are named” (1.1 271-273). Lear’s beloved Cordelia failed to make him feel special due to the fact that she did not want to play her sisters deceptive game illustrating how Gonreils and Regans endearing words to their father blinded him of the reality of their treacherous personalities leaving Cordelia helpless. Goneril is the first of the sisters to openly expose her real self when she acts unwelcoming towards her father in her house saying “Here do you keep a hundred knights and squires, men so disordered, so debauched and bold that this our court, infected with their manners, shows like a riotus inn” (1.4 224-227). Goneril insults Lear’s men and evidently gives her father a cold attitude about him staying at her house. Her bitter demeanor causes Lear to realize Goneril is worse than Cordeila could ever be as he prays that Goneril will suffer for being so ungrateful towards …show more content…
Bianca seemed to be the more desirable daughter to Baptista only because she was being compared to her sister blunt Katherine who held shrewish qualities, nonetheless Bianca’s actual character is hinted especially in the final scene that she is not obedient like all the men thought. Identical to Lear, Baptista loves his youngest daughter Bianca more than Katherine; In Baptista’s eyes, Bianca is a well-mannered woman, but whenever her father compliments her, she hears criticism from her older sister. Katherine says to Bianca “A pretty peat! It is best put finger in the eye, an she knew why” (1.1 79-81). Although Bianca appears to be humble, Katherine seems to know that Bianca is not as authentic as people think similarly to Cordelia knowing the truth about Gonrel and Regan. This upholds to be accurate when Bianca interacts with her tutors, Litio and Cambio, ordering them around to do things they way she prefers. While trying to end an argument between her tutors she demands, “I am no breeching scholar in the schools. I’ll not be tied to hours nor’ pointed times, but learn my lessons as I please myself” (3.1 18-19). Although it was always assumed that Bianca was submissive, she undoubtedly established that she has a voice by controlling this situation to be in her favor. Considering this, in reality Bianca’s approach to all her
Kissing up to him, the two sisters manipulated his decision of splitting the land between them causing Cordelia acknowledge their true personalities from the start as she sadly says to them, “I know you what you are, and like a sister am most loath to call your faults as they are named” (1.1 271-273). Lear’s beloved Cordelia failed to make him feel special due to the fact that she did not want to play her sisters deceptive game illustrating how Gonreils and Regans endearing words to their father blinded him of the reality of their treacherous personalities leaving Cordelia helpless. Goneril is the first of the sisters to openly expose her real self when she acts unwelcoming towards her father in her house saying “Here do you keep a hundred knights and squires, men so disordered, so debauched and bold that this our court, infected with their manners, shows like a riotus inn” (1.4 224-227). Goneril insults Lear’s men and evidently gives her father a cold attitude about him staying at her house. Her bitter demeanor causes Lear to realize Goneril is worse than Cordeila could ever be as he prays that Goneril will suffer for being so ungrateful towards …show more content…
Bianca seemed to be the more desirable daughter to Baptista only because she was being compared to her sister blunt Katherine who held shrewish qualities, nonetheless Bianca’s actual character is hinted especially in the final scene that she is not obedient like all the men thought. Identical to Lear, Baptista loves his youngest daughter Bianca more than Katherine; In Baptista’s eyes, Bianca is a well-mannered woman, but whenever her father compliments her, she hears criticism from her older sister. Katherine says to Bianca “A pretty peat! It is best put finger in the eye, an she knew why” (1.1 79-81). Although Bianca appears to be humble, Katherine seems to know that Bianca is not as authentic as people think similarly to Cordelia knowing the truth about Gonrel and Regan. This upholds to be accurate when Bianca interacts with her tutors, Litio and Cambio, ordering them around to do things they way she prefers. While trying to end an argument between her tutors she demands, “I am no breeching scholar in the schools. I’ll not be tied to hours nor’ pointed times, but learn my lessons as I please myself” (3.1 18-19). Although it was always assumed that Bianca was submissive, she undoubtedly established that she has a voice by controlling this situation to be in her favor. Considering this, in reality Bianca’s approach to all her