Deception In The Taming Of The Shrew '

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Meva Tinsley Monson/Lovett Sophomore World Literature 4 May 2009 The Mystery of Disguise Although the movie 10 Things I Hate About You displays some deceptive moments, deception is the key motive in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Both physically and emotionally, The Taming of the Shrew captivates deception within the mastery of disguise. Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew tells the story of two daughters in which the eldest must get married before the youngest. The modest Bianca has no deficiency of admirers (Gremio, Hortensio, and Lucentio), but Baptista, her loving father, demands that she not marry until her shrewish sister Katherine becomes engaged. The many suitors to Bianca persuade the money hungry Petruchio to woo Katherine. There is also the objective of Katherine’s dowry. Petruchio ties the knot with Katherine and takes her to his country house where he makes an attempt to tame her. He refuses her food, sleep, and new clothes, and, therefore by depriving her of all her necessities she becomes tame. Modified from William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things I Hate About You begins with the new kid Cameron who has just arrived at Padua High. He is then introduced to…show more content…
Katherine appears as a self centered person who doesn’t care about anything, but, underneath her rough exterior lies a person with a soft heart. For example: during the play, as she prepares for her big wedding day, she suddenly realizes that her groom to be has yet to arrive; she exits weeping right before she shouts out, “Would Katherine had never seen him though,” (Shakespeare 3.2.26). Katherine allows herself to be open and display her affections, whereas in the movie she remains very anti-social and incapable to express herself. Because Katherine hides behind her true emotions, she has a heavy burden to

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