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Fathers Gone Wild
In “The Taming of the Shrew” Baptista the father, is preventing Bianca’s marriage, by declaring that she will not marry until her older sister Katherine is married first. In “Shrek 2” FIona’s father Harold is trying to take her husband Shrek out of her life.

Though Baptista and Harold are both putting their daughters love life in jeopardy but the way they do it are widely different. Harold problem is that the husband is an ogre and are known for being one of the most scariest creatures, so its a problem to remove something that most people don’t want to go near or even see if in the first place Babtista’s problem is that no one wants to marry Katherine because of her reputation of being a shrew. She is rude, easily jealous, and is very demanding of anyone. **These text reflects that parents will do anything to their kids love life without caring about what their kids want.**

In “The Taming of the Shrew” Baptista the father, is preventing Bianca’s marriage, by declaring that she will not marry until her older sister Katherine is married first. In “Shrek 2” FIona’s father Harold is trying to take her husband Shrek out of her life.

Though Baptista and Harold are both putting their daughters love life in jeopardy but the way they do it are widely different. Harold problem is that the husband is an ogre and are known for being one of the most scariest creatures, so its a problem to remove something that most people don’t want to go near or even see if in the first place Babtista’s problem is that no one wants to marry Katherine because of her reputation of being a shrew. She is rude, easily jealous, and is very demanding of anyone. The text reflects that parents will do anything to their kids love life without caring about what they kids want.

Harold: I suppose any grandchildren, I could expect from you would be… Shrek: Ogres, yes! Lillian: Not that there's anything wrong with that. Right, Harold?



In the movie Harold the father is saying that he has a problem with his grand children being father but he is putting it in a way that is nicely said. Obviously his everyone else does not see the big problem with his grandchildren being ogres especially Lillian. Harold obviously does not care what his daughter thinks about his actions right now and he does not seem to want to change his mind. Another time when he dosen’t care about what his daughter wants is when he higher someone.



King Harold - “Sorry! I hope I'm not interrupting, but I'm told you're the one to talk to about an ogre problem?”

Pus in boots- “You are told correct. But for this, I charge a great deal of money.”

In the quote King Harold is hiring a mercenary to take care of Fiona’s husband. The king has taken very drastic measures to make sure that he won’t hear of Shrek anymore. Both daughters have a common problem with their fathers invading their love life but Bianca’s is a little different form Fiona’s problem.

Baptista-” Gentlemen, importune me no farther, For how I firmly am resolved; That is, not to bestow my youngest daughter Before I have a husband for the elder. If either of you both love Katherine Because I know you well and love you will, Leave shall you have to court her at you pleasure”

In the quote Baptista the father declares that he will not allow anyone to marry Bianca, unless someone marries Katherine first. Whether Baptista is doing this on purpose or because he is oblivious or not does not help that fact that this is causing a major pause in Bianca’s love. Now Bianca and all of her suitors have to wait for someone to step up and instead of trying to suit Bianca that should now suit Katherine instead.

Another moment when the fathers are in the way of their daughters love life is when

In the end King harold ends up with his spell broken returning him into a frog, his family accepting him for who he really is. Babptista ends up with both of his daughters married and that is all either of them wanted in the first place.