Rafiq+Robinson

//What will we not do for Love? //
Comparing "Taming of the Shrew" and "Made of Honor"

﻿In Taming of the Shrew everyone sees Pertruchio doing crazy things to "tame" her. Well "taming" is just a way to change that she thinks and feels about him. In the 2008 movie "Made of Honor" the main character Tom is trying to do the same thing in a "sweet" way, or a way that proves that he knows restraint.

The main character Tom from the 2008 movie "Made of Honor" is despite differences, as a whole has a lot in common with Pertruchio from "Taming of the Shrew". They have different circumstances and personalities which makes them choose different roads when trying to make someone fall in love with them. Tom was torn between trying to be a good person and trying to get his love. Throughout most of the time he basically is a good person and takes a subtle route in making her fall in love with him, but towards the end he breaks up the wedding and leaves one person heartbroken, showing he has the "ruthlessness" of Pertuchio. **There is always two sides to the coin, the nice guy can be ruthless and the ruthless guy can be nice. Men, no matter how good, will eventually do __whatever__ is necessary to get what they want.**

// "And woo her with some spirit when she comes! Say that she rail, why when I'll tell her plain she sings as sweetly as a nightingale......Say she be mute and will not speak a word, then I'll command her volubility and she do bid me stay by her a week. If she deny by wed, I'll crave the day when i shall ask the banns, and when be married. But here she comes." // //Act II, scene i, 177-185//

In this scene Pertruchio talks about how he will woo Katherine by being annoyingly nice and thoughtful. This ties back to my thesis because we later see how "uncaring" he is for Katherine's feelings. This shows that they can start off nice and if being courteous and nice doesn't work how the strategy changes to fit the situation. This shoes his initial courtesy towards Katherine proving that he has compassion from time to time.

Now to get a good look at our "nice guy" not showing an ounce of compassion for her happiness.



In this scene Tom's Love interest Hannah just returns from Scotland at her happiest. She shows Tom her wedding ring and thoughts begin to go through his head. He is not in the slightest thinking about what Hannah wants all he is thinking about is dating her. This shows Tom the supposed "great guy" plotting his best friend's breakup the second he sees her engagement ring.

"Why, that is nothing. For I tell you, father,...For I am rough and woo not like a babe." //Act II, scene i, 137-144 //

﻿This is showing the side of Pertruchio we know and talking about how he will not woo her lightly. This ties back into my thesis saying that he will do whatever he has to do too woo her. This is because he never said he would stop trying even if she is rough because they are the same.



In this scene he is shown taking away the bride from the husband during the wedding. This is tying back into my thesis because he takes the bride which is not traditionally the most gentlemanly thing to do at a wedding that is not your own. You can actually see the disbelief on the faces of the wedding attendees because they never expected a nice guy like tom to do such a thing..

These portrayals show us the man side of the relationship. By this I mean all of the men ranging from the nice, shy and timid guy to the outright, ruthless and brutally truthful guy. "The Taming of The Shrew" and "Made of Honor" show us this in a lighthearted comical way. Although some females think that this is not all men it is, the situation has just not come up yet. The male side of courtship and dating is doing whatever it takes to get what you want.