Sonal Thumar Mr. Barton Honors English 2 19 April 2016 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare, author of The Taming of the Shrew, portrays Katherina as the devilish sister whom no man could ever love. Though some might say that Katherina’s bitter personality is simply who she is, I believe that she acts the way she does out of resentment towards her father. Living a life in the shadow of her sister, Katherina develops issues with herself and a growing hatred of men. This hatred is demonstrated in the scene when she was left alone with Petruchio. After bickering back and forth with him, he decided that they would get married the following Sunday to which Katherina responds, “I’ll see thee hanged on Sunday first.” (II.i 316). As seen in this quote Katherina loathes the idea of marrying Petruchio because she has only been in the presence of one man, her father whom she despises. Though Katherina is not serious about hanging Petruchio she is adamant in her …show more content…
Instead of being reserved she speaks her mind with a sharp tongue. In the early stages of the play the suitors witness the personality of their future wife should they choose to court her. After seeing Katherina, Gremio says, “ To cart her, rather. She’s too rough for me.” (I.i 55). Immediately after Katherina says to Baptista, “I pray you sir, is it your will To make a stale of me amongst these mates?” (I.i 57-58). From this small portion of dialogue, one can gather that Gremio thinks Katherina is outspoken making her uncontrollable. In response to Gremio, Katherina faces her father and asks if it is his intention to publicly humiliate her. Katherina shows her repugnance toward the role of women from a man’s perspective when she challenges the intentions of her father. As she indirectly denounces the idea that men are above women Katherina detests being a prop to a man and says it in front of her potential suitors and her
In the beginning of Taming of the Shrew, the idea of how Katherine acts, as a shrew. When Katherine is conversing with Hortensio, Katherine verbally expresses how she prefers to act. I' faith, sir, you shall never need to fear. I wish it is not halfway to her heart. But if it were, doubt not her care should be To comb your noddle with a three-legged stool. And paint your face and use you like a fool” a quote made by Katherine in act 1 scene 1, saying that she couldn’t care less, and explaining that the only interest she could have in Hortensio would be to hit him with a stool and make a fool out of him and he responds with, “From all such devils, good Lord, deliver us!” explain to keep him away from all women like her” In the movie 10 things I hate about you, we are introduced to Kat first, when a stray
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It's obvious that Katherina's father, Baptista Minola, hasn't treated her as well as he treats Bianca, her younger sister. On the other hand, is her "shrewishness" a cause or a result of this favoritism? Katherina is obviously a highly intelligent woman whose gifts have no outlet in the domestic company of the household. For example, in their first meeting, Katherina keeps up with Petruchio pun for pun and insult for insult. Perhaps her fury is simply the result of having no outlet for her feisty wit. And when Petruchio comes along and treats her as an equal (the opposite of taming), I think she is taken aback and that is how he is able to swoop in and win her. In this first encounter, Katherina is, for the first time in her life, spoken kindly to by a man. She seems moved by Petruchio's praise. Also, when it appears she has been left at the altar, she weeps and wishes she had never met him. I think her grief is a sign of her genuine affection and perhaps even love for Petruchio.
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from the Gremio, a suitor of Bianca, right after her father's words. says: "To cart her, rather. " She is too rough for me." Act 1, Scene 1, 55. From here, Katherine is given the image of a turbulent, "curst and shrewd" character. She talks back to her father with total disrespect and shows her temper to the company around her.
Katherina rebuts this whining after their father enters, and ends the scene with her own speech in which she argues that
Evermore cross'd and cross'd; nothing but cross'd! Petruchio told Katherine that she has to agree with him no matter what, even if it is something as silly as saying that the sun is the moon. This quote shows how Katharine must obey Petruchio, while on the other hand Kat has the ability to say no to Patrick and doesn't have to agree with everything he says. This is important as it shows the levels of social hierarchy each of them were on. Petruchio was much higher than Katherine as he had much more power than her, but Pat was almost equal to Kat as neither of them had total control over each other. Pat and Kat's relationship is much more acceptable in society today. Quote from Taming of the Shrew: Example from 10 things: In the movie, Micheal
The final virtue a true hero must epitomize is power. While power does not always represent the most heroic qualities in the women of Yvain and The Magic Ring, there is no doubt that power gives women leverage in regards to the men of these stories. For example, in the story of The Magic Ring, the character Gerda represents ungodly power, but nevertheless, her powers still give her leverage over the men of The Magic Ring. For instance, “But, meanwhile, Gerda held out her beautiful hand, with the green branch, towards him, and, as if drawn onwards by irresistible attraction, he advanced, till at last he suddenly made his appearance amid the fiery circle beside her, and, with smiles of confidence, made signs to his comrades that they should join
In Shakespeare's taming of the shrew there is an array of complicated themes, characters, and plots but none might be as noticeable as the arch Katharina Minola complets throughout the play. From the very beginning of the story the audience is introduced to a seemingly horrid and foul mouthed woman named Katharina who is the eldest daughter of a nobleman named baptista. From various pieces of text evidence we can see that the people around Katharina do not think very highly of her such as when Grimio states “Any man is so very a fool to be married to hell” (I, i, 126-127) when he is referring to the prospect of someone marrying Katharina. In other parts of the text it can be seen that Katharina is a very foul mouthed, hot-tempered, ill-mannered, and stubborn person, for example when she states “I'faith, sir, you shall never need to fear: I wis it is not halfway to her heart; But if it were, doubt not her care should be To comb your noddle with a three-legg'd stool And paint your face and use you like a fool.” (I, i, 61-65) from this straightforward insult directed at the suitors it is very clearly shown what kind of person Katharina is.
In Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew the elements of farce are exemplified in terms of character, plot, and writing style. The stereotyped characters in The Taming of the Shrew are typical of a farce. Katherina is an outstanding example of a farcical character. Katherina, although stereotyped as a boisterous shrew, can be portrayed as a person needing sympathy due to Baptista's favoritism. The quote, "She is your treasure, she must have a husband: I must dance barefoot on her wedding day…" (A. II S. 1 L. 36-37), makes it obvious that Baptista favors Bianca. In terms of plot, Shakespeare devises the plot to resemble a situation comedy. Although the subplot is more romantic, both the subplot and the main plot revolve around the principle of a favoristic father who is outwitted by his child and her lover.
Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth, is one of the most frightening and powerful female character in the play. Both of them are trying to seek the throne and become king and queen.
Called "cursed Kate" throughout the play, Katherine is openly jealous of the attention he sister is receiving, whereas she, because she speaks her mind, is being bypassed and even avoided in the wooing process. Katherine reveals this attitude in act 2 scene1, lines 31-35, "nay, now i see she is your treasure, she must have a husband; i must dance barefoot on my wedding day, and for your love to her, lead the apes to hell. Talk not to me i will sit and weep!...." This anger is not concealed, it serves to provide motivation as to why a rational person would rebuke petrucchio so rudely upon first encountering him. Katherine surely realizes that petruchio is interested in her for ulterior motives other than love. Be it purse that the dowry will bring or the actions of an...
In the play, Katherine is the oldest of the two daughters of Baptista. Baptista wants to marry off his daughters, even offering money, but he wants Katherine to be married before Bianca (his youngest daughter). There are plenty of acceptable suitors for Bianca, but Katherine only has one, Petruchio. Katherine is seen throughout the play as a disobedient wife, and Petruchio does his best to tame her into the compliant wife that their society is known to accept. His attempts to tame her sass and sarcasm are both mentally abusive and manipulative. Whether Shakespeare intended for this to be satirically mocking the culture that accepted type of torture or was just adding this into his play because it was the norm, is disputed. Shakespeare does
They skeam together a plan to fix their mutual problem of there being no husband for Katherina, “Hortensio: that we may yet again have access to our fair mistress and be happy rivals in Bianca 's love, to labor and effect one thing specially. Gremio: What’s that, I pray? Hortensio: Marry, sir, to get a husband for her sister.”() Gremio has a hard time believing that a husband could be found for such a woman as Katherina, but at last they both agree to scheme together and find a man that would be willing to marry her and free Bianca to be courted. Petruchio goes about courting Katherina in a very different way, after learning about the opportunity of him being able to marry into wealth and power he directly makes known his intentions to court Katherina and eventually marry, with no thought of if she would want to marry him. After settling the details of the dowery Petruchio boldly calls Baptista his father before anything is set and states, “for I tell you, father, I am as peremptory as she proud minded. And where two raging fires meet together the do come the thing that feeds their fury.”() He is outright stating that even though Katherina is hard headed and has an attitude he
William Shakespeare expertly produced female characters that strayed away from the one-dimensional tropes of the time. The Taming of the Shrew is no exception as it explores the inappropriate behavior of Katherine. However, Katherine isn't the only female character with distinguishable actions and hidden intentions; her sister Bianca is just as much as an indecent woman as she is. Bianca speaks often of herself throughout the play and changes her speech towards the end to be witty and crude. Additionally, her tone varies from sarcasm to bitterness if a character subjectively wrongs her. When informed that a pair of her suitors decided that she's not worth their time she is dumfounded and holds a bitter attitude asking if it's just a joke, "Tranio,