The Taming of the Shrew

anyone.” (Hamlet)This quote from Hamlet was written back in 1599, by the one and only William Shakespeare, and is still being used today and many centuries later. Shakespeare never seemed to fail his audience when it came to writing plays like Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. This is why many of his works are famous till this day. So what made Shakespeare's plays so popular? "What secret formula did the playwright William Shakespeare use in the recipe for the…

sister finds a man of her own. Eventually there is a guy who is intrigued in the older sister allowing the younger sister to date. Both couples find someone they really like and fall in love. The relationships between the characters in The Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You effects the plot of the story and it is clear that the plot of 10 things I hate about you has better character development. The relationship between the father and his two daughters had almost no similarities…

The roles of women in Elizabethan society were incredibly restrictive. The social constructs of Elizabethan society dictated that men were to be the breadwinners, whereas women were to be mothers and housewives. Childbearing was seen as a great honor to a woman as a child was a blessing from God, therefore women of the era took great pride in motherhood. Women, on average, would bear a child every two years—but due to the high infant mortality rate, families were not very large. Women could not…

privilege and power that men have over women is unearned. Why is it that men have enjoyed unearned privilege based on their gender? Through Artemisia Gentileschi’s Susanna and the Elders published in Italy in 1610 C.E. and William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew printed in Britain in 1612 C.E. it is visible that inequalities between men and women have been prevalent for centuries all over the globe. Allison Jagger’s article “Love and Knowledge: Emotion in Feminist Epistemology” published in…

Greek, Roman, and Elizabethan eras. I will continue to discuss staging conventions by analyzing and comparing different plays to these eras including Trojan Women by Euripides, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn, and The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. In the Ancient Greek era some of the most prominent aspects of staging conventions…

plays and 154 sonnets; creating a suspicion that he did not write them alone. Three of the many phrases coined by Shakespeare are “A wild goose chase” from Romeo and Juliet, “For goodness sake” from Henry VIII, and “Break the ice” from The Taming of The Shrew. “A…

Petruchio's thoughts dictate her words. In the beginning, Kate the shrew uses her language to sting like a bee: “If I be waspish, best beware my sting” (2.1.213). But by the end, Kate's words do not sting but soothe as they flow with the status quo: “Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, thy head, thy sovereign: one that cares for thee” (5.1.158-159). Kate has not been molded into submission, but broken. In the beginning, Kate the shrew could only…

pieces. Shakespeare, a well known composer during the Elizabethan age composed a play which summarises the reality of marriage. If Katherine was not titled to her wealth or position, would Petruchio still marry her? Petruchio in the play “The Taming of a Shrew” by William Shakespeare is portrayed as an unconventional, astute and vociferous person through his actions and dialogue with other characters. His personality being unconventional,…

I really enjoyed this film the characters were fun and so was the dialogue. The film almost remind me of 10 Things I Hate About You which was said to be based of a Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew, in which the leading lady was originally against marriage yet somehow was tricked into one. Jan is the shrew which is defined as an ill-tempered woman characterised by scolding and nagging and Brad is the man that tames her as his alter ego Rex. Rex represents everything Brad is not and that…

Emma Cooney (Stanley, Ensemble) is super psyched to participate in her second play at Seattle Prep. She may have been seen as a servant (Taming of the Shrew) or a petitioner (Pippin). She would like to salute her positively stupendous family for letting her spoil the plot of The Three Musketeers so she could tell all her terrific rehearsal tales. Lily Dowling (Sabine) is psyched to be in her fifth production at Prep. You may recognize her as Catherine (Pippin). She would love to thank the…