Unified Genre Essay: The Wooing Of Ariadne
Unified Genre Essay
In any relationship, sacrifices are made to maintain the united couple. In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare writes of the troubled couple Petruchio and Katherine. Harry Mark Petrakis introduces Marko’s tribulations to win the love of Ariadne in the short story, “The Wooing of Ariadne”. Shakespeare and Petrakis both show the struggle between the people in a relationship that is required for true love to exist. In The Taming of the Shrew, Katherine and Petruchio get through many obstacles to remain unified in the end. Of these obstacles, one major obstacle is the fact that Katherine is shrewish and perverse. This is overcome by the end when Katherine makes her long monologue. Katherine falls in love with Petruchio, who at the beginning wasn't always in it for love. Petruchio is a arrogant man who came to Katherine only for money but he is then dazzled by her free spirited self. One example of Petruchio’s character at the beginning of the play is his interaction with Hortensio where he is incredibly arrogant and another is when he is “killing Kate with kindness” by starving her to give her a taste of her own medicine so to speak. After Petruchio does these things he realizes that he has fallen in love with Kate. This is progress in there relationship and …show more content…
Marko sees Ariadne and falls in love but Ariadne doesn't feel the same. Ariadne rejects Marko until he shows his worth. One example of Marko’s arrogance is when he says Ariadne must love him because of his broad shoulders and width of his biceps. Marko is also determined and shows this when he doesn't give up even when Ariadne denies him or hits him. An example of Ariadne’s shrewish behavior is when she denies him of a dance and slaps him in the face. In the end though she accepts Marko when she says he can call on her the next day. Petrakis adds to his story through the use of literary
In any relationship, sacrifices are made to maintain the united couple. In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare writes of the troubled couple Petruchio and Katherine. Harry Mark Petrakis introduces Marko’s tribulations to win the love of Ariadne in the short story, “The Wooing of Ariadne”. Shakespeare and Petrakis both show the struggle between the people in a relationship that is required for true love to exist. In The Taming of the Shrew, Katherine and Petruchio get through many obstacles to remain unified in the end. Of these obstacles, one major obstacle is the fact that Katherine is shrewish and perverse. This is overcome by the end when Katherine makes her long monologue. Katherine falls in love with Petruchio, who at the beginning wasn't always in it for love. Petruchio is a arrogant man who came to Katherine only for money but he is then dazzled by her free spirited self. One example of Petruchio’s character at the beginning of the play is his interaction with Hortensio where he is incredibly arrogant and another is when he is “killing Kate with kindness” by starving her to give her a taste of her own medicine so to speak. After Petruchio does these things he realizes that he has fallen in love with Kate. This is progress in there relationship and …show more content…
Marko sees Ariadne and falls in love but Ariadne doesn't feel the same. Ariadne rejects Marko until he shows his worth. One example of Marko’s arrogance is when he says Ariadne must love him because of his broad shoulders and width of his biceps. Marko is also determined and shows this when he doesn't give up even when Ariadne denies him or hits him. An example of Ariadne’s shrewish behavior is when she denies him of a dance and slaps him in the face. In the end though she accepts Marko when she says he can call on her the next day. Petrakis adds to his story through the use of literary