Taming Of The Sew Research Paper

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Born in April of 1564 to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden during the Elizabethan era, William Shakespeare grew up experiencing a quiet childhood in a small town of Warwickshire called Stratford. His mother, Mary, was the daughter of a wealthy landowner from a neighboring village, while his father, John, was a middle-class glove-maker and farm produce trader. John also held a number of responsible positions in Stratford's government and served as its mayor in 1569. William was the third oldest of eight children in his household. Rather than attending university (due to financial issues), he married Ann Hathaway at the young age of eighteen. She was eight years his senior. Together, they had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Ann lived for another seven years after William’s untimely death at age fifty-two. Although far from elite, the formal education Shakespeare received at the Stratford grammar school provided him with the classical exposure and the skills necessary to succeed in the world of literature. Like other European schoolboys of his time, Shakespeare studied Latin grammar during his early youth, and then moved on to much more complex aspects of writing and storytelling. All of his school work was done in …show more content…

It was a difficult scene to read because it is horrible to imagine an older sister, a “role model”, wicked enough to humiliate a younger sibling through physical aggression. This character flaw shows the truly human aspects of our heroine. At the core, all humans are susceptible to dark emotions. The fact that Kate is able to hit Bianca without shame or guilt is completely shocking, yet understandable due the painfully intense jealousy residing in the elder sister’s heart. Despite her less than admirable reputation, Kate’s purely malicious intent is uninhibited and its display is completely unexpected of a woman of her

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