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Essay on Taming of the Shrew Views on Love and Mariage | ||
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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1136 words (4.54 pages) in the essay titled Taming of the Shrew Views on Love and Mariage As a comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, deals with a lot of very real issues. It speaks of the winners and losers on the ‘marriage market,’ and asks us many serious moral questions. Shakespeare presents us with two main views on love and marriage - male dominance, and money - the dowry for marriage and wealth as a measurement of partner suitability. For the age in which it was written, it is an accurate depiction of love, life and marriage, but nowadays, such actions as to ‘tame a shrew,’ would not be tolerated to begin with, in the unlikely event that such a situation may ever occur.We are presented with a battle between three wealthy men, Lucentio, Hortensio, and Gremio, for the beautiful and sweet Bianca’s hand in marriage. On the other side, there is her elder sister Katherina, a wild tongued ‘shrew,’ whom no-one will marry, let alone go near. From the beginning, Baptista, the father, verifies his case: Gentlemen, importune me no further, for how I firmly am resolved you know. That is, not to bestow my youngest daughter before I have a husband for the elder. If either or both of you love Katherina, because I know and love you well, leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. In this simple tale, Shakespeare yet again speaks of the times - a male dominated world, where girls grow up to their father s demands, and as young women, aspire to wed a suitable husband - as chosen by the father. Shakespeare gives us a new turn on his views o... |
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Keywords: taming of the shrew by william shakespeare, marriage market, unlikely event that, taming of the shrew, love, katherina, wealthy men, colloquial expressions, gremio, petruchio, devil, male dominance, suitable husband, elder sister, shakespeares characters, mixed emotions, accurate depiction, moral questions, biancas, dowry