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02 Different Comparisons //"Taming of the Shrew" compared to "50 First Dates"//

In the play "Taming of the Shrew" Petruchio is fighting for Katherine's love. He will do anything to make Katherine his one and only wife. In the 2004 movie "50 First Dates" the two main characters seek to do the same. Lucy is a young lady who was in an accident that caused her to have short term-memory loss which effects Henry Roth in getting her to be his. Both "50 First Dates" and "Taming of the Shrew" both prove to the audience that there is a status of symbol and possession shown towards relationships.

Knowing that Petruchio and Henry Roth are both fighting to get the one that they fall for and want to be with, the way that they did it is quite different. In the play Petruchio is only stopped because of Katherine fighting against him and resisting his love for her. On the other hand Henry Roth is stopped by Lucy's short-term memory loss,she forgets everything he does, but all he wants is for her to remember him and love him as much as he loves her. The two situations both show how love is a possession and a symbol in a relationship. **Love can conquer all by just showing a significant other what they want.**

(Act 2, Scene 1, lines: 256-271)
 * "No not whit. I find you passing gentle...Thou dost not halt." **

In Act 2, Scene 1 Petruchio is all for getting Katherine's love. When the two of them are left alone he tells her what he sees in her and that everyone else is lying. The way Petruchio goes about telling Katherine how he feels about her is very persuading. Petruchio goes off of what the others say, and tells Katherine he sees different in her. The quote from page 93 of "Taming of the Shrew" is how Petruchio came about telling Katherine how he feels. Petruchio is trying to win her love over by telling her he does not believe any of the others who is telling him different about Katherine. By Petruchio telling Katherine what she wants to hear he is conquering her love over everyone else.

//This quote compares to the scene in the movie where Henry Roth is in the re// // staurant in the morning and he is getting told by one of the waitresses Sue that Lucy has short-term memory loss and she does the same exact thing everyday and he does not want to believe her at all. //



In the scene from "50 First Dates" Henry Roth is suppose to be meeting Lucy for a second date at the restaurant. Before Henry Roth could approach Lucy the waitress Sue sits him down and tells him that they need to talk. Henry being so caught up with what Lucy was doing he did not listen to Sue, he went on his own and approached Lucy. When he tried speaking to Lucy she had no clue who he was, and before the conversation got deeper Sue rushed to the table and pulled Henry aside and explained to him about the short-term memory. Henry did not want to believe her. Henry fought with Sue telling her how the first date went, trying to convince that Lucy was different. All Henry was worried about was if he was going to be able to conquer the love that he had for Lucy without anyone else interrupting.

// The connection from this scene to the first act of scene 2 in "Taming of the Shrew" shows how both Petruchio and Henry try to fight for their significant other. The two parts compare in a very similar way Petruchio was only stopped from getting to show his love towards Katherine because she refused to show her love. On the other hand Henry Roth was only stopped because he was being naive and believed that Lucy did rememb er him and did not want to believe Sue. //

(Act 5, Scene 2, lines: 152-195)
 * "Fie, fie! Unknit that threat'ning unkind brow...may it do him ease." **

In Act 5, Scene 2 Katherine comes out and tells everyone how it is. As Shakespeare would probably say the Shrew has been tamed. In the scene Katherine has realized what loving someone is. During the scene Katherine's sister Bianca gets "secretly" married, then Katherine, her father, and Petruchio show up afterwards. At this get together Katherine then realizes that whoever is the significant other is that obeying and showing you care or cherish them is importnat in a relation ship. This then makes Katherine realize her and Petruchio could hit it off. Katherine's expression and attitude towards this fact shows how her love is turned to a caring and loving way.

//This quote compares to the scene in "50 First Dates" when Henry is leaving to go on a trip for his job and Lucy's father gives Henry a gift from Lucy. While Henry is in the middle of se// // a he opens the gift. Its a CD of the song Lucy would sing everytime she would see Henry. This made him realize Lucy did remember him. //



In this scene from "50 First Dates" Henry has just returned from turning his ship around from sailing back home. He only turned his ship around because he realized that Lucy did remember who he was. Henry realized this was true because of a CD he was given before he left from Lucy father. On the CD was the Beach Boys singing the song Lucy would always sing every time that she seen Henry. When Henry got back to Hawaii he went to the home where Lucy was staying but also teaching to see if she remembered who he was. Lucy said, "I do not remember you, but i do have something to show you." Then she took Henry by the hand and lead him to a room she told him that she dreamt fo him all the time, she just doesn't know who he is. This all goes to show that her love for Henry can not show by her everyday actions, but is still there. The love is remembered because of how Henry would show her love, he has conquered her love.

// The connection between the scene and the quote are quite different. In the scene Henry has realized that Lucy knows who he is and has a different way of showing it and also realizing it. As for in the play Katherine was the one to realize that your significant other is worth everything if they try to show their love for you in all the ways possible. In the end of botht he scene and play, each character gets what they were looking for though. //

Now that the idea of relationships was shown through a comparison of "The Taming of the Shrew" and "50 First Dates",now society can see the attitude shown towards dating. From the movie "50 First Dates" the two characters Henry and Lucy both prove that love can be found in any situation. With Lucy having short-term memory she still had dreams about Henry and knew that he was the one for her. As for Petruchio he knew exactly what he wanted and he would fight for it but Katherine was backing away from it all. She did not realize what love was until her sister Bianca got married and thens he realized that having a significant other was something that is worth worshiping. These stories show how love can conquer all.