Briana+Stroman

=The "Good" Advisor=

"The Taming Of The Shrew" and "Hitch"

In the the book "The Taming of the Shrew", Petruchio, whom is married to the Baptista's daughter, Katherine, makes things seem as if the advice that he gives, really works on women, but in the movie "Hitch", Alex Hitchens, whom is a love doctor, gives advice to other single people (men at least), be it doesn't quite work on himself.

When Petruchio tells the men about how Katherine acts around people, he makes it seem as though love is always like that, and that the type of person that Katherine is, that how things work, so the men takes it to be believable. In the movie, Alex Hitchens tries to help out a guy name Albert Brennaman with a relationship he has with celebrity Allegra Cole, but he winds up being in a relationship with tabloid columnist Sara Melas and the advice that he gives to Albert, doesn't really work for himself. The best advice you can give, can also be your worst advice to yourself.

= "'Tis bargained 'twixt us twain, being alone, That she shall still be curst in company." = [Act 2, Scene 1, 97]

In this quote, Petruchio clearly states that when Katherine is around company, she acts as if she is mad at him, when he knows that she actually is, he's just putting up a front in front of her father Baptista, and Gremio, so they won't ask her any questions.

Alex Hitchens is talking in a voice over in this snapshot, about why he does what he does.

Alex Hitchens states "And it's an education I feel obliged to pass on yo mu fellow men", as a voiceover in this scene. At this point, he was basically stating that the stuff that happened to him, he didn't want the men out there to go through the same things, and he wanted to help whoever needs it, which is why now he is the Love Doctor.

="To me she's married, not unto my clothes."= [Act 3, Scene 2, 123] Petruchio was told by the men that Katherine, his wife, was mad that he was late and disgusted by what he was wearing. He was stating to the men that she loves him for the person that he is, not the clothes that he is wearing. He knew that she was mad about it so it was something to back him up. (Notice that Petruchio always have something to say to Katherine's actions)

Alex Hitchens and Allegra Cole realizing that boyfriend Albert Brennaman was being himself all along with no help from Alex.

Alex and celebrity Allegra Cole was just discussing that the techniques he used on her boyfriend Albert Brennaman (at least some of them) were not what she was looking for, basically meaning that she likes for him to be himself. In the movie in general, Alex was basically researching Allegra, so that it would be easy for Albert to get his chance with her. Once it got public (beings though Allegra is a celebrity), it gave Alex a bad name, and at point point Allegra and Albert were split. In this scene, Alex was trying to get Albert and Allegra back together.

The difference between Petruchio's advise and Alex's advise is that Petruchio's advises are kind of like excuses to why every time Katherine has some type of attitude towards him, making things seem like in public they're the happiest couple. Alex's job is to advise men to get the girl of their dreams. Its kind of seen as one is a job he does for a living but he loves it, and the other is just to hide.