Jacob+McNeill

=_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _TAMING OF THE SHREW _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _= = = =_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _VS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _= = = =_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _THE PRINCESS BRIDE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _= If someone else already wrote a paper comparing these two "it would be absolutely, totally, and in all other ways inconceivable."

As shown in the play, “Taming of the Shrew”, the way to get married in Shakespearian times wasn’t through actually loving the person. When you wanted be in a relationship during Shakespearian times, it was necessary that you have the parent's consent from both families. However, in the “Princess Bride” the two main characters go through many problems and good things, and eventually get married at the end of the movie. Being made in more modern times the parents had less of an influence on the relationship portrayed.

The main female character of the movie is called Buttercup. She compares very easily to Bianca, one of the main characters of “Taming of the Shrew.” They both have very happy personalities in their stories. However, Bianca is almost forced into her marriage. Buttercup is allowed to make her own decision on who she wants to marry and ends up being happy about her decision.



To give my hand, opposed against my heart..."
(Act III, scene iii, lines 8-9) Taming of the Shrew

In the time period in which Taming of the Shrew had been written the parents, primarily the father, made decisions on which person the daughter married. In the play Katherine (Bianca’s older sister) and Bianca’s father play a large role in the decisions on who his daughters married.



During the time when the “Princess Bride” was made, 1973, people were allowed to make decisions without consent of their parents. In this movie parents don’t influence the relationship at all, and it is allowed to flow through the movie.

It’s easy to see that over time the way that parents have become less of a deciding factor in how relationships develop over time. During Shakespeare’s time they were a major factor in who a person would marry. And during the time when the Princess Bride was made relationships weren't forced upon people. As time progresses parents have become less and less of a factor in how relationships are formed, and today relationships are started and ended without parents knowing at all.