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Taming Of The Shrew - Play Review - Online Term Paper

Taming Of The Shrew - Play Review

Keeping within the imaginative boundaries of human life, without becoming overly outlandish, the comedy demonstrated in the play was often sardonic, lighthearted, and always entertaining.
The comedy revolves around a group of men and the conflict that ensues between them in the battle to win the heart of a wealthy man's beautiful and gentle daughter, Bianca. These men disguise themselves, assume false occupations, and even hire others to deceive and charm young Bianca. Though this would normally be an easy feat of the daughter simply choosing a groom, a wrench is thrown into the gears. Bianca has a sister named Kate. A woman, who does not lack in beauty, but blessed (burdened?) with the ...

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fortune of he who married Kate.
This is a wonderful build up for a lesson on deception vs. honesty. Though two of the men in cooperation to win Bianca's love found and married beautiful, modest women, their relationships seem final and destined. Meanwhile, Petruchio takes Kate away and deals with his choice honestly, simultaneously flattering her, mentally aggravating her, and depriving her of food. Though this hell ensues for sometime, there is a day where Kate begins to lose her hatred and ill ways. Tough love, huh?

This play, at its center, is about accommodation. It is about the acceptance and understanding that has to develop to enable lasting relationships. Love, without a doubt, parallels life. Without the ability to adjust, accept, and even change something in you and others, one will perish. Too will the relationship.

One thing that many of us have a hard time understanding is the relationship between passion (desire) and wanting (immediacy). So often, ...

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Added: 5/3/2004 04:59:00 PM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 554
Pages: 3

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