Only independent women are eligible to be "shrews"

Darius 2022-07-06 18:30:40

A wealthy girl named Catherine, because her temper is so irritable that no one wants to marry her, and a man promises that he will not marry her even if he gives him a dowry of a mountain of gold. Catherine is indeed like a little lion, she will intimidate her sister Bianka's suitors, retort at her father, and beat her tutor with her violin. Such a woman, which man can bear it? But who would have thought that one day, a tall and sturdy man came to her house and proposed to her with praise she had never received for the first time: "I heard people praise you for your gentleness and virtue, and spread your beauty and beauty. Zi, although what they said was not worth half of your real benefits, my heart was moved. So I came here to propose to you, and please promise to marry me as a wife." Catherine naturally looked at me coldly. , Unfortunately, this man always has a smiling face. Unpredictable, later Catherine reluctantly became the man's wife. Many people are laughing at a man for marrying a shrew, but at a banquet, the men bet each other, saying that each will call his wife out, and the one whose wife comes out sooner will win. As a result, only Catherine was willing to be sent by her husband. At this time, Catherine's temperament has undergone a great change, and she shows respect to her husband, and she has no previous arrogance. She even acts as a persuader for women who do not listen to her husband: "A woman should treat her husband as A courtier treats a king with sincerity and obedience, and should kneel and beg for peace, and should do his best to serve, love, and be obedient.” So, how did the man change Catherine from a sturdy woman who took me as her god to a man who took her husband as her god. A good wife's? The answer is, use violence to control violence. But not behavioral punches and kicks, but psychological subjugation. Specifically, when Catherine was hungry and ready to eat, the man knocked over all the good soup and vegetables brought by the servant, saying that it was burnt and uneatable; the good pillow and quilt were thrown on the ground for him, saying yes Too dirty to cover; full of joy, I wanted to try on a dress, but he ripped it to pieces, saying that only a lady deserves to wear good-looking clothes... Facing her husband who is fiercer than herself, and who also dominates her daily life and diet, Catherine Can't get mad anymore. When her husband pointed to the sun as the moon and called the old man a girl, Catherine echoed: "You are happy to say it is the moon, it is the moon; you are happy to say it is the sun, It is the sun. "This is the story of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The story of a man who tames a shrew. Does a man love Catherine? No, just marrying her to get a rich dowry. Was Catherine really tamed? Yes. , at least on the surface, but certainly not because of love. She just needs to rely on men to survive to make changes. This play was written by Shakespeare in the 16th century, when the status of women in England was extremely low. After marriage, women become men's accessories and belong to men's property. Therefore, Catherine's rebelliousness is precious, and it is distressing to be tamed. Now it is 2020, and the status of women has been raised a lot, but there are still many Women treat marriage as a transaction, and the transaction is a house and a car. Women, it is better to rely on yourself than anyone else. Instead of becoming an accessory in marriage, it is better to live out yourself boldly and become a real "shrew".

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The Taming of The Shrew quotes

  • Petruchio: [on the morning after the disastrous wedding night] How fares my Kate?

    Katherina: [gives him a very long look, then] Ill.

  • Petruchio: [to his servants] This is the way to kill a wife with kindness.