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Deception in shakespeare plays
Love and marriage explored in Taming of the Shrew
Deception in shakespeare plays
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April Lloyd Travis Austin Robert Klawitter Justin Farris Period 5 30 October, 2015 Character Analysis - Lucentio In “The Taming of the Shrew”, one of the main characters in this Shakespeare play is a man by the name of Lucentio. Lucentio is a rich man because of his father, Vincentio, and he has come to Padua to learn and to explore the world. Lucentio doesn’t appear to have an exact age as it doesn’t say in the book. In the play, he is soon sidetracked when he falls in love with Bianca at first sight.
Lincoln Ealefoh, Mrs White, English, 5/30/2018. The conflicts in the taming of the shrew Dear Journal, There has been a lot of disagreements going on among me and others for different reasons, also something new about me is that I have finally gotten married to petruchio though I am still not interested in him, to make it worse he lives in a dusty old big house with many servants he matreats. Immediately after my marriage I supposed my sister we be getting married and they would expect me to come with Petruchio and see how we are coping and with no surprises we won’t not in this kind of house, I know nothing good is going to make out of this. (Man vs man)
Bianca’s behaviour towards Lucentio at the end of the play can be seen as shrewish in several ways. One of the critical elements of this is her tendency to be manipulative and controlling, using her charm and beauty to get what her way. For example, this can be seen when Lucentio tries to woo her, “'Hic ibat' as I told you before- 'Simois' I am Lucentio- 'hic est' son unto Vincentio of Pisa- 'Sigeia tellus' disguised thus to get your love- 'Hic steterat' and that Lucentio that comes a-wooing- 'Priami' is my man Tranio- 'regia' bearing my port- 'celsa senis' that we might beguile the old pantaloon.” (3.1 31–36). Bianca replies, “Now let me see if I can construe it: 'Hic ibat Simois'
In the film Kat and Bianca fight. Kat stands at the top of the stairs and Bianca stands at the bottom of the stairs pleading with Kat. Gil Jungers team uses a low angle shot of Kat to show she feels superior. In the play Lucentio falls in love with Bianca at first sight. He says “ I Brun, I Pine, I Perish Tranio”.
You also have the boys chasing down Bianca to get her to date or marry them, and Bianca ultimately choosing Lucentio, or the Lucentio-like
“In the play Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and the movie 10 Things I Hate About You there are many characters that change. Katherine and Petruchio/ Patrick both learned that if there is a positive factor in their life pushing them to do something that they will be better off doing it and make them happier as a person. People that have more support by friends or family are generally better off in life than those who don’t. ” Katherine who is a stubborn shrew will not do anything to date a guy for her sister Bianca who really wants to date a guy she met.
While he courts Bianca for her affection, he does eventually expect her obedience to him, for which she does not give. Meanwhile, in the movie equivalent, Cameron James “courts” Bianca Stratford out of interest and lacks an ulterior motive. As the relationship develops, both works demonstrate unconventional courting out of love through the characters’ language. However, the Taming version ultimately conforms to societal expectations through power imbalances while 10 Things refrains to do so due to Cameron’s unwavering adoration, which upholds the equality between the two, creating a more modern definition of affection and devotion. The Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You both demonstrate an ideal relationship, but one fails to uphold power equality within the relationship, creating similar yet contrasting definitions of romance.
Through his incentive, he is very determined to marry Kate even though she comes with money, marriage, and a malicious attitude. In addition, Petruchio does not care if his wife is a shrew or foul, he just asks "...if thou know one rich enough to be Petruchio's wife" (1.2.68). Not to mention, after Hortensio tells him of Kate, Petruchio only says to "...tell [him] her father's name, and tis enough" (1.2.95). Petruchio understands that Kate has a "...scolding tongue" (1.2.101) even though Hortensio warms him. Due to his incentive to cure Kate of her shrew-ish ways and to get Baptista's money.
Petruchio and Katherine are two characters in Shakespeare ’s play “Taming of the Shrew”. Petruchio was a single man with money running out looking for a rich wife. There was a situation between Katherine and her sister Bianca. Bianca couldn’t get married until Katherine did.
A Taming Of The Shrew, an interesting title that portrays the storyline that involves Katerina and Petruchio mainly. Their love story is not so straight forward, there 's certain sides that portray separate feelings and the play depicts how Katerina takes on her newly wedded man. understanding their tangled mess Shakespeare wrote, people of all different academic levels try and understand the hidden meanings, although there will never be a final conclusion to what he portrayed. Consequently, the side most students and professors side with is Katerina finally broke her mindset that she is the queen of all queens, that she is on top and no one can back her down, until she met her match Petruchio. As most people side with, Katerina met her match,
While Patrick is paid by Joey to take out Kat on a date so his is able to take out Bianca. The transformation of the characters is another similaty between Shakespeare’s play and the movie. In The Taming of the Shrew, Kate transforms from someone who rebels against all acts of conforming into an obedient and polite wife who respects her husband. In the movie Kat has a massive transformation in her views and behavior because of her experiences throughout the
Hortensio and the Widow are married for the money, Lucentio and Bianca represent love at first sight, and Petruchio and Kate were married for the happy ending. Hortensio failed miserably had winning Bianca’s heart, so he went against his own word and married an old widow to at least gain a profit for himself. Lucentio saw a single glance of Bianca and instantly fell in love with her petarchian looks. He was so desperate for her, he disguised himself as a language teacher to win her heart. On the other hand, Petruchio married Kate to tame her nasty ways to gain happiness.
Katherine’s character is introduced using an extreme close-up of her eye looking through a gap in a window , signifying an element of enigma around Katherine’s character as her body remains hidden. However, this enigma may be entirely based on masculine fantasy, as her body, being ‘stylised and fragmented’, becomes the ‘direct recipient of the spectator’s look’. Here Zeffirelli firmly establishes Katherine as an object for male observation, despite not being as widely desired as Bianca in the narrative, perhaps to suggest that The Taming of the Shrew is not only a constructed masculine fantasy, but more specifically, Petruchio’s masculine fantasy. Yet Katherine’s shrewish character does not mask actress Elizabeth Taylor’s beauty; the gaze transcends mere characterisation thanks to Taylor’s glamorous appearance, therefore transforming Katherine’s character from being ‘curst and shrewd’ to an object of masculine
From Sexism to Social Reformation Many actions and ideologies of the characters in The Taming of the Shrew create an overarching conflict between comedy and sexism for most readers. Specifically, the relationships between the men and women introduce controversial topics such as obedience and love which must be questioned thoroughly. The conditions of Petruchio and Katherine’s marriage was more “traditional” in the sense that it was primarily patriarchal, and that Kate was expected to be subservient and obedient. While this is sexist, on the surface, this was not the intended meaning behind the works.
All The World's A Laugh... Shakespeare's Comedies On Screen – Part I We marked the 400th death anniversary of The Bard by featuring some of the best screen adaptations of his tragedies in “To Weep Or Not To Weep... Shakespeare's Tragedies On Screen” (Part I and Part II). And in this and the next post we will look at screen adaptations of some of his finest comedies. “Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger.”
