Monday, May 30, 2011

Taming of the Shrew


This is a famous play done by Shakespeare in the Renaissance. This play is about the battle of sexes... Read for more info Click Here

1 comment:

  1. Harvish -

    I understand that you are trying to answer the question as to whether or not you feel that Katherine was tamed at the end of the play by looking at it from different characters perspectives. I like that you tried to include some pictures and video links (you will have to attempt to try and fix the link because I am unable to see it. You should also embed it so that we can just view it from your page). Some things though that I would like you to address, though:

    1) Let’s focus on content first. You have posts from different characters as to their opinions of whether or not they feel Katherine has changed or not, but you also leave comments from your own self on their posts – basically just little “quips” challenging the characters posts. This could be acceptable if you really embodied the characteristics of the characters by using examples from the play/movie, but I’m having a difficult time seeing that you really know the characters. For example, your post from Bianca mentions “mama and papa”, however, we are never introduced to a mother for Katherine and Bianca. Also, we discussed how Lucentio is an idealistic individual based on how he falls in love with Bianca upon first seeing her. But you have him not believing in Katherine’s change at the end of the play. Consider the characteristics of Lucentio and the others (perhaps brainstorm these. This is why I asked you to complete the character organizer at the beginning of the unit, to help you organize your thoughts to understand them more. Did you take advantage of this?) What qualities/examples throughout the play support his post? Simply making the inference that Lucentio does not believe in Katherine’s change because he is, in your words “intelligent because he is wealthy” is a slippery slope, which means you are basically saying that all wealthy individuals are intelligent. And that intelligent people see that Katherine does not change. Consider

    2) My suggestion is to rethink your blog by focusing from just one character’s perspective, like Katherine herself. Perhaps you can come up with entries from her daily life while living in Petruchio’s household after their marriage. Again, consider how Katherine would talk about her relationship with Petruchio based on what we know about her personality, relationships, actions, etc…

    3) Also, you will need to address some of your spelling and grammatical errors throughout. Please read all of your content closely to fix.

    - Ms. Crocker

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