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// Play: Taming of the Shrew // // Movie: The Proposal //

In Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," Pertruchio, a witty man, vows that he will have Katherine as his wife because he wants the money and the status that will come along with it. In the movie "The Proposal," Margaret is an illegal immigrant and to stay in the country she forces her assistant to marry her so he can keep her job and stay in America. Pertruchio only wants Katherine to say he has her and to get the money. He doesn't want her out of love, he wants the clout that comes along with marrying her. In the movie "The Proposal," Margaret needs to marry Andrew to keep her status at her job and remain in the United States. Love is not always the base of relationships and marriages, possession is. After gaining possession and status, love comes along.

**"She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,** **My household stuff, my field, my barn,** **My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything."**

(Act 3, Scene 2, 236-238)

In "Taming of the Shrew," Pertruchio speaks of Katherine as if she were an object and not a human being. He doesn't talk about her as his wife or someone he cares for. Instead Pertruchio talks about Katherine as if she were his possession. this shows how he feels about her in the relationship and marriage they share. If he treats her as a possession he can control her and dominate the marriage. Pertruchio didn't marry Katherine out of love but for self gain. He wanted Katherine for the mere pleasure of saying he had her and the status that came along with marrying her. He also wanted Katherine so he could possess her being and mind.

The possessive trait is not always found in the male. In today's society many females have possessive characteristics and use it to their advantage which can be seen in the movie "The Proposal."



In the Film "The Proposal,"Margaret faces deportation because she doesn't have her visa to be in the United States. In order to avoid losing her job she decides to use her assistance Andrew, who she already exploits. After surprisingly announcing they're engagement to her boss Andrew objects to the marriage. After he refuses to marry her she says, "Sure you are because, if you don't marry me, your dreams of touching the lives of millions with the written word are dead." She also throws out that, if he doesn't marry her the man who would take her position would fire him on the spot. Since she already treats him as if he was an object in her possession, getting him to marry her was not hard. After throwing out the fact that he would lose his job, it was more easy to persuade him. This shows that in today's society gender doesn't have a serious role in who possesses and controls the relationship and the other person in it. **"Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,** **Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee,** **And for thy maintainance commits his body** **To painful labour both by sea and land,** **To watch the night in storms, the day in cold,** **Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe;"**

(Act 5, Scence 2,)

Pertruchio and Kate have not shared man good moments together during their marriage. After a while Kate is convinced that her husband has her best interest at heart and that he loves her. Katherine stands in front of a court ful of people a declares that her husband is all of the things she just said. While doing so she declares her husbands status. Looking back, Pertruchio only wanted to marry Katherine for the status that came along with it. With Katherine being convinced and starting to love Pertruchio, her speech attests Pertruchios status with her and amongst everyone else.

In "The Proposal," Andrew confirms his status with Margaret also, although it's different than Pertruchio's. After he is partially persuaded to marry his boss Margaret he realizes he has the upper hand in the situation because Margaret needs him.

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Without Andrews consent Margaret will have to be deported. Since Andrew knows this he uses this opportunity to receive a finer status at his job. After making Margaret kneel down on one knee, he makes her agree to his demands. He demands that he be promoted and has his book published. Margaret has no choice but to agree with Andre because he is her only option at the moment. After Andrew gains his status within the corporate word he and Margaret start to fall for one another. This shows that the motive for relationships is not always love, love can grow from it

These two different forms of entertainment share some of the same ideas and views on relationships. Though they are from contrasting times, shakespearean and modern, they both displays relationships with possession and status issues. In both society's there was an unequal division in the relationships. In "Shrew." the men always seemed to have the upper hand while in "The Proposal," women and men had an equal chance to have the authority or control over their significant other. This also shows that after people gain complete control over the person they're in a relationship with, they start to love them. Both "Shrew" and "The Proposal," show that in society marrying for love is not a haorrible thing because love can be produced.