Kyree+Armstrong

= Breaking the Shrew =

// (Taming of the Shrew & The Break-Up) //

In "Taming of the Shrew", Katherine is forced into marrying Petruchio, tricked by his cunningness and wits. Although she was resistant to liking or getting along with Petruchio, she soon found her self in love with him. In "The Break-Up" Gary and Brooke are married, but an argument takes a toll on their relationship. The two not only became distant physically, but lost the connection they once had while they where separated. In //Shrew// the woman's roll in a relationship isn't really a roll because there seen as an object, rather then an actual human being. But thats kind of the opposite in //Break-Up//, the man and woman are suppose to see each other as equals and nothing less. Relationships in //Shrew// (the past) would have more success lasting verses relationships in //Break-Up// (the present)//.//

 **"I will be master of what is mine own; She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,; My household stuff, my field, my barn,; My horse, my ox, my ass, my everything"**

(Act 3, Scene 2, 235-238)

At this point Katherine and Petruchio are married. After Petruchio refuses to stay for his wedding reception and Katherine alows him to leave, he in turn says that she in nothing more then an a possession to him. He asks his servant to get his horse and puts Katherine on the back of the horse and rides off while all the guest stop and look at what has just happen to the rude and cruel Katherine. By Petruchio referring to his wife as his property is an excellent example of how relationships worked back then.

But now things are much different, woman are not an objects and are treaded as a any other person.



This is the argument that sets everything in the movie in motion. Its start with a simple mistake, Gary brings home 3 lemons instead of 12 like Brooke asked for the family dinner they where hosting. After the dinner Gary Lays on the couch and plays his game and refuses to wash the dishes with Brooke. When he admits defeat clearly to get Brooke to be quite. At this point Broke feels like she does so much in the relationship and for Gary, but gets nothing in return. Because Brooke is suppose to be Gary's equal, she feels some way about his treatment toward her. The reason relationships like the one in //Shrew// lasted, was because the man had the last say. so there was little to no arguing.

= "Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,; Thy head thy sovereign, one that cares for thee,; And for thy maintenance commits his body" =

At Lucentio and Bianca's wedding, Katherine says that her husband is her lord and she will do as he wishes. The women know that the men are dominant, so calling him her lord comes to no surprise. Throughout the book the only real problems in the relationship they have is that Katherine wasn't in love with Petruchio and didn't want to get married to a man she doesn't really love. In //Break-Up// many problems erupt from the lack of support Gary was giving Brooke.

A few of the problems that where found during the movie where the lack of respect for each other's property.