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This paper provides a discussion of how Katharina from The Taming of the Shrew and Juliet from Romeo and Juliet both suffer death in these Shakespeare plays, but Juliet’s death is little and represents no transformation whereas Katharina’s death is metaphorical and represents her obedience to the system but newfound maturity and personal growth.

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Katharina Juliet Introduction In William Shakespeare\'s tragedy Romeo and Juliet and his comedy TheTaming of the Shrew a female dies In the former Juliet literally dies killing herself when she sees Romeo is dead In the latter Katharina diesa metaphorical death when she agrees to obey the demands of her husbandPetruchio In both of these plays chaos disrupts the normal social order In Romeo and Juliet love between two young members of feuding familiesupsets the social order In The Taming of the

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"Taming of the Shrew - The F Word." September 18, 2 3. As John C.Bean argues, "What we should emphasize in The Taming of the Shrew is theemergence of a humanized heroine against the background of depersonalizingfarce" (66). Conclusion In conclusion, both Juliet and Katharina are women who rebel againstthe established social order. In The Taming of the Shrew, the social order isturned upside down due to lighter events, like romantic courtships andmistaken identities. Juliet dies as disobediently as she lived, having learnedlittle in the process save for how much she loves Romeo. Yet many of these critics fail to see thatKatharina only acquiesces because she realizes she has met a man who is herequal match. This alsofrees her from the trappings of her previous way of life. In the latter, Katharina diesa metaphorical death when she agrees to obey the demands of her husbandPetruchio. Asone of the servants says of the exchange between Katharina and Petruchio,"He kills her in her own humor" (Shakespeare IV.i.179). Juliet never has to deal with thiskind of transformation, because she dies so young she is still in thethroes of idealistic love which prevents her transformation as much as hertransgression of the existing patriarchal order. Yet Petruchio does,in the process of taming Katharina, show that he loves her and will be amatch that can equal her in passion, wit and toughness. When such amatch is had, it makes little sense to continue being a shrew and is self-destructive in ways that transcend its disordering impact on the socialorder. of Illinois Press, 198 , 65-78Gilfillan, Ealasaid. In the former, Juliet literally dies,killing herself when she sees Romeo is dead. Fabian Feminist: Barnard Shaw and Women. From this view, it seems both stories contain a moral tale andguidance for women on how to be a good daughter or wife. In bothinstances, though, social order is restored by the end of the play; withthe Montague's and Capulet's forging a truce in Romeo and Juliet and withKatharina's acquiescence to her husband as Vincentio takes up his rightfulplace in The Taming of the Shrew. This may be a repulsive choice when reviewed by modern women orfeminists used to freedom of choice in all aspects of life, but inShakespeare's time it mirrors the behavior socially expected of women bytheir fathers and husbands.Works CitedBean, John C. In both of these plays, chaos disrupts the normal social order. Indeed, we see that Petruchio may be a fine match forKatharina but his initial concern and his first inquiry regarding hismarriage is in respect to her dowry. While Katharina haslong resisted male authority and dominance, her metaphorical death replacesa shrew with a loving and obedient wife but specifically because Petruchiois her equal match. Her fatherdoes not even heed the words of the Friar who warns him, "Everyone prepare/ To follow this fair course unto her grave. She does notovercome the depersonalizing forces of male dominance and parents whoencourage her toward her fate in their rigid control of her. While Juliet loses her life for hertransgression against the social order; Katharina's metaphorical death isliberating because, in working within the established social order, shefinds an equal match in a husband. In Romeo and Juliet, love between two young members of feuding familiesupsets the social order. Such actions were commonplace and women whotransgressed the patriarchy often upset the social order of the time.Dorothea Kehler, a feminist literary critic, admits that the play is oftenharshly criticized by feminists who fail to recognize the virtues ofKatharina's transformation or the commonplace event of the play for itsera: "The explicit and implicit subjects of this play-arranged marriages,the authority of fathers and husbands, the obedience expected fromdaughters and wives, the economic helplessness of most women-were issuesand experiences that touched the lives of everyone in Shakespeare'saudiences" (31). the patriarchy). Modern feminist also seem to fail to ignore that even contemporaryplays address issues that in future may seem odd or cruel to audiences.The kinds of treatment women are subjected to in the play does notrepresent abusive and cruel treatment to women by its author or by those inthe audiences of his time. In this sense, we see that Juliet does not listen toher father and pays the ultimate price for being a "bad" daughter.Katharina is a "bad" daughter in her willful resistance of Petruchio'sauthority, but she ultimately becomes a "good" daughter when she acquiescesto obeying Petruchio because she knows he is a worthy mate. Juliet disobeys male authorityand dies because of it, but until her dying breath she is still disobeyingher father. / The heavens do lour upon youfor some ill; / Move them no more, by crossing their high will"(Shakespeare IV.v.92-95). The speech Kate makes of obedience at the end of the play does seemto be one of total submission to her husband's will. "Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew VS. Urbana, IL: Univ. "Comic Structure and the Humanizing of Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew." In The Woman's Part, Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare. "Echoes of the Induction in The Taming of the Shrew." Renaissance Papers, 1986, 31-42.Pederson, Lise. Yet seen from a different perspective, itseems only normal human development for a woman with a sharp tongue andanimosity toward the male sex to become a loving and obedient woman if shefinds a male who she thinks genuinely loves and cares for her. 88551 Katharina & Juliet Introduction In William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet and his comedy TheTaming of the Shrew a female dies. She acknowledges "Thou art thyself,though not a Montague," and then wishes he could "Retain that dearperfection which he owns / Without that title. When he takes her home he shows her that he can giveas could as she can with respect to sharp-tongued and cruel retorts. Healso humiliates her and is able to meet her sharp tongue and cruel naturewith equal passion. In the speech she tellsPetruchio "And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour, / And notobedient to his honest will, / What is she but a foul contending rebel /And graceless traitor to her loving lord? In Rodelle Weintraub, ed. Katharina rebels against the dehumanizing nature of arrangedmarriage and male dominance of daughters and wives, but in the process sheis transformed into a new woman that is more developed by it. Many feminist fail to see the victory in Katharina's transformationand instead view it as a repulsive example of the dominance of men overwomen in an era when arranged marriages and abuse of women was common.Gilfillan calls The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare's "most misogynistplay...There are plenty of lines on women knowing their place andKatharina's long, final speech protesting obedience to her husband is anotorious example" (1). Fromthe beginning of her romance with Romeo, Juliet merely deceives her parentsor wishes Romeo would deceive them. Romeo and Juliet. Yet Katharina willultimately relinquish her former ways and become a loving and obedientwife. She sacrifices an enormous price for goingagainst patriarchal control and dominance, her life. As he asks Katharina's fatherBaptista, "Then tell me, if I get your daughter's love, / What dowry shallI have with her to wife" (Shakespeare II.i.119-12 ). The woman who tells Petruchio she'll see him "hang'd" before she'dmarry him now has become an adult woman who accepts her place as the equal,if obedient, partner in a marriage. This might be said to bemoral and character growth that comes from the process of maturing in humanbeings, but this is something Juliet never undergoes because she is tooyoung and not as sophisticated as Katharina. While Petruchio may transform Katharina, he does so in a roughmanner forcing her to go without food or sleep until she obeys him. December 3, 2 9 http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2 3/ 9/taming_of_the_s, 1-3.Kehler, Dorothea. Both Juliet and Katharina rebel against theestablished authority of the social order (i.e. In fact, she seems toapologize for her sex, at least the kind of woman she used to be when shewas rude and cruel even to a genuine male. Katharina willfully disobeys her husband, but once he is ableto "tame" her she becomes transformed into a loving and obedient wife.Pederson maintains Petruchio's transformation of Katharina is based on thePygmalian myth, "in both a man accepts the task of transforming a womanfrom one kind of person to another, radically different kind" (15). December 3, 2 9 http://www.scribd.com/doc/13433 84/Romeo-Juliet-ScriptShakespeare, William. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, 1977, 14-22.Shakespeare, William. Juliet goes against the wishes of her fatherin her romance with Romeo. For this level of love it is worth it to her to become anobedient and loving spouse rather than a shrew. Bad daughterswill suffer for disobeying their father, but good daughters will find loveand happiness by working within the dictates and institutions of theirauthority. Romeo, doff thy name"(Shakespeare II.ii.46-47). / I am ashamed that women are sosimple / To offer war where they should kneel for peace" (ShakespeareV.v.157-163). December 3, 2 9 http://www.clicknotes.com/shrew/ShrewText11.html Body One of the main differences between Juliet and Katharina is thatJuliet does not change and Katharina does. The Taming of the Shrew. Shaw's Pygmalion. Of course, it is the totally submissive nature of thisspeech that offers complete obedience to her husband that makes manyfeminists recoil at these words.

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