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//** Love of every type **// ===//** comparing "taming of the shrew" to "why did i get married?" **//



The focus area of this assignment is on the male's & female's ideas on courtship and dating. In "taming of the shrew" the main characters Petruchio and Lucentio shows different views and ideas of how to approach, treat and obtain a lady while Katherine and Bianca shows different types of a woman's expectations and relationships.in the 2007 movie "why did i get married?" four couples, each of which shows different types and views of relationships, go on a retreat which doesn't end well and struggle to save their marriages, those of them who still have anything to save. Petruchio expects his wife Katherine to be obedient to him and to wait on his every whim, while Luchentio simply wishes for Bianca's love and affection. the taming of the shrew only shows tho views: a good and a bad.

In "why did i get married?" there are more couples, each showing a different type and view of relationships. The couple is Mike and Sheila, in which the Mike only loved Sheila for the body she had and lost. Because of this he neglects her throughout the movie and even brings the women he is having an affair with,who is the friend of Sheila, to the retreat. Another couple, Marcus and Angela, in which Angela resembles Katherine in that she is rebellious, both in general and towards her husband,loud and aggressive. Patricia and Gavin represents "the perfect couple" in which all seems well within the relationship to the point where even they believe it to be so. and lastly Diane and Terry, a workaholic wife who puts her job before her family and husband which are the very things Terry sees most important.

these two movies are different because of how black & white "taming of the shrew" makes relationships seem. In it there are only two options, to love them affectionately or to overpower and to submit. Whereas "why did i get married?" shows that there are different types of relationships and different paths to take in each of them.

**"thou must be married to no man but me. For I am born to tame you, Kate, and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate as comfortable as other household Kates"**

(Act 2, Scene 1, lines 290-293)

In this scene Petruchio was meeting Katherine for the first time and was returning Katherine's spiteful and witty comments with compliments and flirts. before her family came into the room to check up on them he stated this line to her saying that she must be married to him. this shows a glimpse at his ideas of marriage and his expectations in a marriage. he doesnt imply anything of making her love him nor does he say or ask for her own idea but states that she must be married to him. He also shows that he wishes to "tame" Katherine, making her into what he believes to be described as "other household Kates".This mindset is similer to that of mike, The husband who has lost interest in his wife simply cause she has gained weight, but is instantly attracted to her once again once she loses the weight with the help of her new husband, troy.

"I love you...I've always loved you. what do i have to do to make this work?" "well... you could lose about 50 pounds, then I might be somewhat attracted to you" In this scene Shelia bought a nightgown in attempt to please her husband Mike, who laughs at her for what she was wearing. she asks pleadingly what can she do to help make it work, in which he responds by telling her to lose weight and to turn of the lights. during all this he is having an affair with her friend and eventually divorces her. this shows his expectations in a relationship in that he desires his wife to be a "trophy wife", a wife that he is able to fit under his arms and able to walk around with taunting pleasure of calling her his wife.

**"Thy Husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, thy head they sovereign, one that cares for thee."** 

// Finally, you need your CONCLUSION. This paragraph should specifically mention BOTH the play and the movie, and touch on the central question of the assignment: // What do these portrayals show us about society's attitudes towards courtship/dating?