Ode to Decepiton

The theme that prevails through Shakespeare’s play Taming of the Shrew is that relationships are deception-made games that are occasionally played with more than two or more people, even if one of those people isn’t known by both couples. This theme is *emphasized* through the story by Gremio and Hortensio attempting to marry Bianca, but is unlucky to find that Bianca’s father will not let her be courted by another man until her older sister (Kate) is courted first. Kate is considered a shrew that no one would like to court which is due to her jealousy of her sister Bianca,” What, will you not suffer me? Nay, now I see She is your treasure, she must have a husband…”-Pg.37. Reluctantly, Hortensio’s friend Pertuchio is looking for a woman to marry and is desperate. This is where the deception ties into this “relationship”. Hortensio persuades Pertuchio to marry Kate. Now that his has happened, no matter what happens between Kate and Pertuchio or Bianca and her lucky suitor, there will always be this deception in their relationship. In other words, the other key people in the relationship of Bianca and her suitor are arguably Pertuchio, Hortensio, Kate, and Baptista. This type of relationship is similar to those of the equalities love in Anthem. It may not seem like there is a third person in their relationship, but there is an element that plays a role in their relationship which is the government which *evokes* in the separation of man and woman.  But during the time setting of this play, women were thought of as prizes, and in a game where u win prizes, many people will cheat to win.