The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew was a Shakespearean play that was written between 1590 and 1592. Set in both Padua, and Verona, Italy, the play details the “love” story of Petruchio and Katherina. Shakespeare had written the play to be a comedic piece. In 1967 Franco Zeffirelli transformed Taming of the Shrew into a movie. Maintaining the original story line and setting, Zeffirelli worked the relationship of actors Richard Burton, Petruchio, and Elizabeth Taylor, Katherina into the comedic movie. In…

her. But of course, those trains of thought will remain permanently docked. All honour and pride I have within myself will be lost if I enable them to travel to Katherina Minola. But I was at a loss when I first met the woman whom Paduans label ‘the shrew’. I will constantly recollect our initial…

Bryce Smith Per. 4 Imagery Assignment When Biondello describes Petruchio, he gives a detailed image of the clothing being poor and his horse diseased through clothing imagery. When Baptista sees Biondello he asks if he was seen Petruchio, Biondello describes his clothing as, “ …an old jerkin, a pair of old breeches thrice turned, a pair of boots that have been candle-cases, one buckled, another laced, an old rusty sword… broken hilt, and chapeless; with two broken point” (III. ii. 46-47).…

Despite the difference in status from King Lear, Katerina’s low status, pride, and ambition in Crime and Punishment also enables her to gain a new understanding of herself. The first instance of Katerina’s pride and descent into downfall is when she abusively attacks the people around her. Although she may be able to justify her actions because of Marmeladov's destruction within the family, she takes the same brutal and aggressive attitude as Svidrigailov. Katerina’s attempt to use physical…

Being deceitful is an arduous facade that usually hides the true self. One of William Shakespeare's renowned plays, The Taming Of The Shrew, utilizes facades in many ways. One of these uses is to show how every person attempts to hide certain parts of themselves from the world, no matter their status. For instance, when Lucentio was disguised, he says "While counterfeit supposes bleared thine eyne... Then pardon him, sweet father, for my sake," (V.I.92,104). This demonstrates that Lucentio…

In this The Taming of the Shrew passage I will be focussing on how the style contributes to the dramatic effect of the play, how the passage impacts the play and its audience, and how it contributes to the larger themes within the play. The purpose of scene 2 as a whole is to introduce Petruchio and put in motion Petruchio’s pursual of Katherine. In this passage we see Gremio and Grumio supporting but also questioning Petruchio’s decision in pursuing Kate. And the audience can foresee that this…

barrier that needs to be overcome to fully appreciate the text. But if the time is taken to understand his work then even his most misogynistic plays can be related to and applied to the modern world. This can be directly applied to his work Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare wrote this play in the late 16th century in England, specifically some time between 1590 and 1592. This was one of his earliest work, written at the same time as The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors, and Titus…

Half a millennium. 500 years. The span of time between the creation of the play The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare and the filming of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. The former was wrote during the Renaissance era while the latter was wrote during the birth of what has become the modern age. It is easy to spot not only differences in the cultures but also the similarities in the character’s attitudes. Even though 4 centuries separate Katherine (Kate) and Katerina (Kat),…

Petruchio’s cruel, abusive, and manipulative language continues throughout the play, evident again through his strange language following his marriage. Everyone else, including his new wife Katherine, expect to enjoy a marriage feast; Petruchio’s language indicates he has other plans for the new couple: I will be master of what is mine own. She is my goods, my chattels, she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing. (III.ii.229-32) Though…

to the servents to inform them that this is how hell tame the shrew. Next lucentio (Tranio) and litio (hortentio) spy on bianca and cambio (Lucentio) watching how they look in love. litio (hortentio) than confesses his true identy and vows to not marry bianca and declares his intent to marry a widow. Tranio Lucentio and Bianca discuse how biancas suiters have decided not to marry her and thans talk about the school on how to tame a shrew taught by Petruchio. Luncentio (Tranio) is still on the…