1. Taming of the Shrew
... play. Kat has interests, intellectual pursuits, her own car, and a future ahead of her at Sarah Lawrence College. In addition, she is given a friend, Mandella, who ironically enough is obsessed with Shakespeare. At the end of the film, Kat does make a speech in the form of a sonnet read aloud in front of classmates, in which she surrenders herself to Patrick, much as Katherine surrenders herself ... to Petruchio. Kat's poem is no less a statement of submission than that of Shakespeare's Katherine when she states that she is ready to place her ... hand below her husband's foot. The film...
- Word Count: 1575
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School