Is It Love?

Words can change people's thoughts and actions, but it can also trick them into thinking someone loves them.  When Petruchio denies giving Kate the items that she wants, he claims that he is doing it out of love and she deserves better than what is offered up to her.  Petruchio then reveals to his servants that he has a plan to tame Kate by making her suffer with nothing but the bare minimum to sustain life.  "Thus hhave i politicly begun my reign, and 'tis my hope to end successfullyh.  My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, and till she stoop she must not be full gorged, for then she never looks upon her lure.  Another way I have to man my haggard, to make her come and know her keeper's call, that is, to watch her as we watch these kites that bate and beat and will not be obedient.  She eat no meat today, nor none shall eat. Last night she slept not, nor tonight she shall not.  As with the meat, some undesereved fault I'll find about the making of the bed, and here I'll fling the pillow , there the bolster, this way the coverlet, another way the sheets.  Ay, and amid this hurly I intend that all is done in reverent care of her, and in conclusion she shall watch all night.  And if she chance to nod I'll rail and brawl and with the clamor keep her still awake.  This is a way to kell a wife with kindness, and thus I'll curb her mand and headstrong humor.  He that knows better how to tame a shrew, now let him speak 'tis charity to show." (act 4.1, page 73-74)   When a tailor elucidates to Kate what Petruchio's actions truly mean, Petruchio denies it quickly and calls him a lier.  The Tailor says, "She says your worship means to make a puppet of her."(act 4.3, page 83) Petruchio responds, "O monstrous arrogance!  Thou liest, thou thread, thou thimble, thou yard, three- quarters, half- yard, quarter, nail!  Thou flea, thou nit, thou winter cricket thou!  Braved in mine own house with a skein of thread!  Away, thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant, or I shall so bemete thee with thy yard as thou shalt think on prating whilst thou liv'st.  I tell thee, I, that thou hast marred her gown. (act 4.3, page 83)  The theme of Taming of the Shrew can also be related to the movie Brave.  These two texts are not related in similarites but in differences.  The characters in Taming of the Shrew do not show their love towards each other in any way.  They lie to each other to make them feel loved but the book is more about power then love.  In the movie Brave the characters show love to each other and are connected through different generations of family.  The main character of brave does not want to fall in love but would rather have her freedom much like Kate.  Unlike Kate, this main character does not fall to the words of her sutors but rather turns away from them to find a cure for her mother and find her love once more for her family.  She sets out to bring back love to her kingdom and other kingdoms rather than a competition to see which kingdom has the most power.  -Sarah Irvin