Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Taming of the Shreme
A theme suggested in Taming of the Shrew is gender and the power it has on people. This is also known as patriarchy. This theme occurs at many points during the play. It is solidified by the way that Petruchio is able to tame Kate. From the start of the play, Bianca has many suitors that want to marry her. The suitors realize that before they can court her, they must find a husband for Kate; one that will be able to tame her. Once Kate married Petruchio, she was able to be tamed because of the male presence. After the marriage of Bianca and Lucentio, Kate was obeyed everything that Petruchio asked her to do. Taming of the Shrew is a book that shows patriarchy in earlier times. The books that I read are usually more current. Because of this, none of them show patriarchy because of many past feminist stands that were made.
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I overall think this is a good piece, and has a good theme. But, was it just the presence of a male that tamed Kate? Or, did it have to be the presence of a male like Petruchio, who had a very high sense of patriarchy?
ReplyDeleteFirst of all nice title (ahem). And second of all I think that you used the vocab words well and even though you haven't been here for some of the year you are a very good writer.
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