In William Shakespeare’s the Taming of the Shrew Katherine, a well known shrew is forced upon marriage to a man named Petruchio to whom she does not love, while her sister is being courted by numerous men that have high admiration for her. The story goes; Katherine learns to love Petruchio as a husband and will delight him with respect. Katherine’s sister Bianca marries a man that she loves, but behaves like a shrew to him once married (Shakespeare). This must mean that love is too fragile and is corrupting the marriage system. Devotion towards a spouse needs to come from high respect, extraordinary esteem, and exorbitant admiration. Passionate love is an unbalanced establishment for marriage because temperaments and affections before marriage
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Most people have a strong opinion about money; either an individual requires more money or money is a solid foundation to lean upon. It is also a very controlling variable to a relationship. Everyone is interested in becoming the new billionaire in town, and the easiest way to take up that profession is marry into it. In the Taming of the Shrew the men who were interested in Bianca were “making bids to Babtista,” who is the father of Katherine and Bianca (Heilman 73). They do this in order to get approval from the father to whom can support his daughter the fairest, and then they woo the girl. Even if the girl cannot be enticed by the man, he can still bid the highest and marry her if he wishes. But if the girl is coming from a rich family her father will usually provide her a dowry, which is a sum of money to help her whenever, or if ever, she outlives her spouse. This money is usually in use before that could even happen. Sometimes it is the other way around and one person desires a wealthy spouse for themselves. Even though the parents wish fortune unto their little girl it is sure that the maiden in question would like the resources and treasures for herself as well. To some people money itself “meant more love, more commitment, and more status” in a relationship than anything else (Shapiro 283). ‘High Status’ can be defined as living a life of comfort and leisure. This lifestyle then creates an addiction, blinding people to their actual monetary needs and gives them a false craving for more money to maintain their life of comfort. The people that feel the need to marry rich are either lonely, need to pay off some expenses, or desire a life of luxury (Nichols 2). In the Taming of the Shrew it is apparent that marrying rich is what people do to be accepted into society. In reality, money is a primary goal to each individual to be happy in life, while being connected by love is a disruption to the
Most people have a strong opinion about money; either an individual requires more money or money is a solid foundation to lean upon. It is also a very controlling variable to a relationship. Everyone is interested in becoming the new billionaire in town, and the easiest way to take up that profession is marry into it. In the Taming of the Shrew the men who were interested in Bianca were “making bids to Babtista,” who is the father of Katherine and Bianca (Heilman 73). They do this in order to get approval from the father to whom can support his daughter the fairest, and then they woo the girl. Even if the girl cannot be enticed by the man, he can still bid the highest and marry her if he wishes. But if the girl is coming from a rich family her father will usually provide her a dowry, which is a sum of money to help her whenever, or if ever, she outlives her spouse. This money is usually in use before that could even happen. Sometimes it is the other way around and one person desires a wealthy spouse for themselves. Even though the parents wish fortune unto their little girl it is sure that the maiden in question would like the resources and treasures for herself as well. To some people money itself “meant more love, more commitment, and more status” in a relationship than anything else (Shapiro 283). ‘High Status’ can be defined as living a life of comfort and leisure. This lifestyle then creates an addiction, blinding people to their actual monetary needs and gives them a false craving for more money to maintain their life of comfort. The people that feel the need to marry rich are either lonely, need to pay off some expenses, or desire a life of luxury (Nichols 2). In the Taming of the Shrew it is apparent that marrying rich is what people do to be accepted into society. In reality, money is a primary goal to each individual to be happy in life, while being connected by love is a disruption to the