The Taming of the Shrew

Posted on 10 August 2018 by William Shakespeare

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Read The Taming of the Shrew author William Shakespeare – kino-fada.fr The Taming of the Shrew, abridged.PETRUCHIO Hey Mr Minola, I wanna marry your daughter The fact that she comes included with an awesome dowry has nothing to do with this.BAPTISTA Oh, I m sorry, I have this jackass rule that my daughter Bianca can t get married until her evil older sister does, soPETRUCHIO No, I want to marry the Kate chick My friends tell me she s a ballbusting bitch a shrew , if you will and I love a challenge BAPTISTA SOLD to the rich guy with a death wish Hav The Taming of the Shrew, abridged.PETRUCHIO Hey Mr Minola, I wanna marry your daughter The fact that she comes included with an awesome dowry has nothing to do with this.BAPTISTA Oh, I m sorry, I have this jackass rule that my daughter Bianca can t get married until her evil older sister does, soPETRUCHIO No, I want to marry the Kate chick My friends tell me she s a ballbusting bitch a shrew , if you will and I love a challenge BAPTISTA SOLD to the rich guy with a death wish Have fun, kids runs PETRUCHIO Sup, baby KATE FUCK YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL, DICKSHIT PETRUCHIO Aww Who s a cute widdle feminist Yes you are Yes you OW Jesus Christ, you bit me KATE foams at mouth P...We get it Bill, you hate women.Oh well, Shakespeare What do you expect me to make of this, Sir Me, being a Kate, but not starved, tortured, and humiliated into obedience, submission, complete surrender How shall I read this play, that made me literally feel a knot in my stomach, that filled me with nausea, anger, and sadness My first reaction was to think Thank you, Sir, that s enough I ll have none of this any, you may be my literary hero, but this is TOO MUCH Then all those ...Lucentio Hey, I m Lucentio Who s that hot girl Bianca That would be me And hotness is about all I have going for me Because I only have about 5 lines.Lucentio Wanna have sex get married Baptista I m her father, you whippersnapper Get in line She can t get married until her older sister does.Lucentio Who s that Katherina ROAR GNASH GNARL I don t want to get married, but I live in Elizabethan England so I must I also have a violent streak and beat up my sister all the time because s Lucentio Hey, I m Lucentio Who s that hot girl Bianca That would be me And hotness is about all I have going for me Because I only have about 5 lines.Lucentio Wanna have sex get married Baptista I m her father, you whippersnapper Get in line She can t get married until her older sister does.Lucentio Who s that Katherina ROAR GNASH GNARL I don t want to get married, but I live in Elizabethan England so I must I also have a violent streak and beat up my sister all the time because she s a wuss.Lucentio Damn Guess I ll disguise myself then, because this is a Shakespeare comedy.Petruchio WAASSSSSSUP Hortensio Hey buddy Petruchio My dad s dead, yo I need a rich woman You know any Hortensio Well, there s this shrew I know I m trying to get with her sister I figure the best way to get with her is through disguise, like that other guy.Petruchio Enough about you Where s ...Re reading the play this time, I liked it a little better than I thought I would I predicted that the brutal treatment of Katharine by Petruchio would ruin the play for me, but it didn t From the induction involving Christopher Sly, the text of The Taming of the Shrew is full of so many transformations tinker to lord, page to lady, servant to rich young man, rich young man to teacher of grammar, rich suitor to music teacher, wandering scholar to prosperous merchant, etc as well as so many Re reading the play this time, I liked it a little better than I thought I would I predicted that the brutal treatment of Katharine by Petruchio would ruin the play for me, but it didn t From the induction involving Christopher Sly, the text of The Taming of the Shrew is full of so many transformations tinker to lord, page to lady, servant to rich young man, rich young man to teacher of grammar, rich suitor to music teacher, wandering scholar to pro...I really don t buy the irony Here is a play by a very young Shakespeare trying to appeal to the masses here is a play that purposely appeals to the misogynistic beliefs of its early audiences, and I really don t like it This is what should have happened at the end Katherine I m a Shrew I m a woman who stands upFor herself and for her sisters alikeI have a voice...The gentle gentleman, William Shakespeare pokes glorious fun at customs, marriages , greed and scoundrels, especially pretentious men and women A practical joke can be carried to the extreme, in the northern Italian city of Padua, in the time of the brilliant Renaissance, a poor intoxicated man a tramp in fact , strangely named Christopher Sly, is found by an amused nobleman, outside a filthy tavern, sleeping on the dirt in the street, people walking by ignoring the unfortunate human Unti The gentle gentleman, William Shakespeare pokes glorious fun at customs, marriages , greed and scoundrels, especially pretentious men and women A practical joke can be...Book ReviewThe Taming of the Shrew is one of William Shakespeare s earliest plays and comedies, produced in the mid 1590s We read this play in 8th or 9th grade as one of the introductions to Shakespeare in an English course I d rank this somewhere in the middle in terms of his comedies as well as works in general It s got several funny moments ironic humor but it s also a bit weaker in terms of style and hidden meanings among all the words and characters The plot is strong, and copiedBook ReviewThe Taming of the Shrew is one of William Shakespeare s earliest plays and comedies, produced in the mid 1590s We read this play in 8th or 9th grade as one of the introductions to Shakespeare in an English course I d rank this somewhere in the middle in terms of his comedies as well as works in general It s got several funny moments ironic humor but it s also a bit weaker in terms of style and hidden meanings among all the words and characters The plot is strong, and copied by many in the last 420 years Two men want to date marry two women sisters, brothers or friends, doesn t really matter But only if both girls are married at the same time, thus forcing the hand where 1 man must step up and take on...Taming of the Shrew was, I think, one of Shakespeare s better comedies, though not one of his better plays In fairness, I think I d like to see this performed and I may enjoy it much , and a wiser person than I has observed that plays are meant to be seen, not just read I would perhaps amend that observation that to be fully appreciated, a play should be seen AND read A clever producer could have fun with this antiquat...I was curious about the controversy generated by the dynamics between genders that academics and readers have discussed for years in this early romantic comedy, which brought some memorable moments that hilariously reminded me of Much ado about nothing.Sarcasm, bickering and jocular scenes abound in this play, but there is an extra dose of provocative innuendo Even the title is condemnable for its lack of political correctness, as it implies that Kate, the female protagonist and eldest daughter I was curious about the controversy generated by the dynamics between genders that academics and readers have discussed for years in this early romantic comedy, which brought some memorable moments that hilariously reminded me of Much ado about nothing.Sarcasm, bickering and jocular scenes abound in this play, but there is an extra dose of provocative innuendo Even the title is condemnable for its lack of political correctness, as it implies that Kate, the female protagonist and eldest daughter of the wealthy merchant Batista from Padua, is known by her sharp tongue and in need of taming in order to be marriageable.In the course of a relatively short but quite action ridden plot with numerous i...

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