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The Taming of the Shrew - Does It Teach Us Anything About Handling Relationships Today?


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... THE TAMING OF THE SHREW DOES IT TEACH US ANYTHING ABOUT HANDLING RELATIONSHIPS TODAY? I would say that you probably can learn a little something about modern day relationships from 'The Taming of the Shrew'. We can learn from Katherina's mistakes. Katherina's personality and actions tell us how not to do things if we want a relationship to succeed. Men today are different from those in the time of 'Taming of the Shrew'; their opinions and taste in women have changed. In fact, I think that relationships today are the complete opposite from those in the sixteenth Century as society has changed. Katherina has a problem at the very start of the play, where she is being forced in to marriage. The reason for this is that her younger sister, Bianca, wants to get married but can't unless Katherina does first. This is summed up when Baptista, her father says 'That is,

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