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Comparing "Taming of the Shew" to "The proposal" In the play called, //Taming of the Shrew,// Katherine’s father, sets up a deal with Petruchio that Petruchio will receive benefits if he falls in love and marries Katherine. In 2009, the movie, //The proposal,// shows two characters fall into the same situation as Petruchio in “Shrew”. However, this time, Margaret Tate is using her secretary, Andrew Paxton. In "Shrew," Petruchio is deceiving Katherine's father and marries Katherine without holding the end of his bargain. On the other hand, the movie, //The Proposal,// Margaret deceives her boss, her company, and Andrew's family to keep her job. Although both Petruchio and Margaret share the same situation and idea, they are both using different methods to lead themselves to success. Petruchio only come up with ideas that would lead Katherine no choice but to surrender into his demands, and lead him to the crown of being wealthy and lead him to have the family benefits. On the other hand, Margaret uses her power as Andrew's boss to offer him as many options to get into a marriage deal for her own benefit. Yet, both of the situation ties together toward one conclusion and lead both of the marriage onto the same path. **Marriage with benefits can sometimes bring two individuals into falling in love with each other.** ======

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** “Marry, so I mean, sweet Katherine, in thy bed. And therefore, setting all this chat aside, Thus in plain terms: your father hath consented that you shall be my wife, your dowry’ greed on, and, will you, nill you, I will marry you.” ** ======

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In this quote, Petruchio is proposing to Katherine, he is narrowing down all of Katherine’s options by deceiving her from the real truth, in order to get her to marry him. Katherine’s father, Baptista, offered Petruchio land and money to marry Katherine; instead of having a proper proposing performance, Petruchio had come up his own plan of getting Katherine to marry him without having her noticing the truth why he wants to marry her. He is more concern about getting the deal rather than being honest to his soon- to-be wife. Therefore, Petruchio did not only is deceiveKatherine but he also lie to Baptista and his people.======

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The main characters are also running into the same situation in, //The Proposal//. Only this time, there was a gender flip and Margaret is the one who proposes to Andrew. However, for the same reason as Petruchio, Margaret is using Andrew for her own benefit.======

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In this scene of the movie, the plot focuses on both Margaret and Andrew. Margaret’s job is an editor for a newspaper company, and is currently in danger of losing her career as well as being deported back to Canada. Since her interest at the moment is to keep her job as well as to avoid getting deporting from United State. As a result, Margaret and Andrew works hand in hand with a deal that if Andrew agrees to marry her, not only that she will get to keep her career but she agreed to help him get position he wants in the company. Since Andrew has to do Margaret this favor, he actually requested a special proposing scene from her and because Margaret was eager to get the deal done, she were willing to propose to Andrew just so she can complete her plan. Similarly, with “Shew,” Margareta is using Andrew in order to get what she wants, but she deceives everyone else just so she can keep her job without thinking about her consequences. ======

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In this quote, one of servant from //Taming of the Shrew// had described Petruchio as well as the emotion displayed during Petruchio and Katherine’s wedding day. Katherine’s family was not very pleased with her husband’s behavior during the wedding festival. The servant described that Petruchio treated his wedding almost as if it was a joke, he was unprepared, and his costume was unceremonious. On the other hand, Petruchio’s intentions were to get people to actually think that Katherine accept him for who he is without him dressing up on their wedding day. Nevertheless, he is actually using the excuse of showing up late as well as being unprepared to cover up his plan and continuing to deceive Katherine, her family, and his people. ======

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This arrangement had helped Petruchio make toward his next part of the plan. In comparison, Margaret had the same attitude during her wedding ceremony with Andrew. However, the difference was that her arrangements did not accomplish in //The Proposal.// ======

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In //The Proposal//’s wedding scene, Margaret had been well prepare for their wedding. She was actually wearing Andrew’s family traditional wedding dress and the necklace that was passed down in his family over “a hundred and fifty years.” Margaret showed up on her wedding prepared as an arrangement by setting up a traditional wedding to cover up her plan. Unlike Petruchio in “Shrew,” Margaret had failed to complete her arrangement. During the ceremony, she felt guilty for deceiving Andrew’s family into letting her son making the biggest mistake of his life. Because Margaret’s guilt, she confessed to his family and the audience about the arrangement and let Andrew’s side to go back home, rather than moving on with the ceremony. ======

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After all, Katherine gave in during Bianca’s, her sister, wedding. She started to realize that she could not ask for anything else and just have to make the best out of what she has. At the wedding, Petruchio, Baptisa and Bianca’s husband, Lucentio, had a bet to which wives listen to their husband shall receive a price. At this moment, Katherine was the one whom followed Pertruchio’s words and also gave a speech to her sister and the people who were present. Katherine gave a speech with the authority of a woman and illustrated the role of a wives. She also accepted Petruchio as her husband as well as accepting her duty as a woman and as his wife. Both Katherine and Petruchio ended the plot with a kiss, leaving the party happy as husband and wife. ======

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It took Andrew a short amount of time after Margaret left to realize that he has fallen in love with her from all the time they have speed together at his parents’ house and before their wedding. Andrew chased Margaret back to the company and stopped her before she left Related to //Taming of the Shrew,// Andrew proved his role as a man to take on Margaret love asked her to spend the rest of her live with him. ======

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In reality, there are different types of marriages. In the //Taming of the Shrew// and //The Proposal,// both Petruchio and Margaret had faced an arranged marriage to earn their own benefit. Petruchio had successfully accomplished his marriage at the end with the love of Katherine as well as all the giving land and crowns. On the other hand, although Margaret did not successfully accomplish her plan of marrying Andrew the first time and kept her job, she had end up in finding true love from Andrew after she deceive him.======