Long ago, in a time with beautiful castles, there used to live a wealthy merchant in a small town near Yorkshire. He had a lovely house and two beautiful daughters. One was named Bianca and the other was named Kate. They were both completely different, however they both wanted the same thing, true love. Bianca, the youngest daughter, wanted to fall in love with a loving man and live an ordinary life, and she could easily get it. She was sweet, kind, loving, caring and all the men in the village would line up for her hand in marriage. On the other hand, Kate, was a free spirited, bold and courageous person however, she seemed quite shrewish. She didn’t want exactly what Bianca wanted. She wanted to travel, meet new people, live life to the fullest …show more content…
He was like Kate in many ways. The only reason he came was to try and take Kate’s hand in marriage. He heard that she was extremely wealthy yet she was shrewish. He was attracted by Kate’s wealth and amused by her personality. He wanted this to be his challenge. Kate was meeting all the men and trying not to roll her eyes. A few minutes later, she turned around and saw Peter. “Oh, it’s you again.” Kate rudely greeted. “Nice to see me, no?” Peter replied. “No. It’s not.” “Oh please, I know it is,” Peter responded in an abnormally happy manner.- Kate promptly left as she was slightly confused and not used to someone acting kindly around her. Everyone usually finds her annoying and mean so the leave. She continued on to meet dull people which all seemed to be the same. She never again met anyone quite like Peter. During the dinner service, Peter moved his name card right next to Kate as Bianca strategically placed him far away from Kate. Peter was the least wealthy of everyone invited. “Nice to see you again, Peter.” Kate said as she was sitting down. “Well, what a lovely surprise! It is you who is being nice to me,” Peter jeered. “Mhmm… I guess we have changed personalities,” Kate
Sadly, it soon became clear to Kate that her marital bliss was only temporary. Like her childhood relationship with her father Kate and Sprague spent much of their time apart. Sprague forgot their anniversaries and her birthdays. Sprague was also notorious for being a raging alcoholic.
He looks out from behind the refrigerator door and replies with and "Oops sorry sweetie, thought I did. " Letting the small white puppy is the house Joni reached down to pet it, and she notices its white fur was splattered with mud, she scolds the dog because now she will have to give it a bath later. The little dog scampers off into her daughters bedroom to join her for another nap. The smell of burning bacon reaches Joni 's nose and she walks over to flip then again. " Mathew I don 't think I want Claire going to the park alone today, would you mind going with her?"
This paper will provide information about the Bender’s family, cabin, killing process and the search and discoveries of people that went missing. The paper will also explain how they arrived in Labette County, Kansas and why they left. One of the most outstanding member’s of the Benders family was Kate Bender. Kate was 23 years old, the youngest of the family; she was the charming person and would lure residents or travelers into the cabin.
For the longest time, Amelia has been curious to find the truth about her dad’s identity since Kate somehow fails to share this information with her. As she finally thinks that it is about time to ask Kate about her dad, she begins to understand that Kate is lying to her to cover up the truth. As a result, Amelia is getting tired of Kate not telling her the truth and confronts her by saying, “‘You, alone, in a bar? Hooking up with some random guy? Some accident that was the ‘best thing that happened to you’?’
Elizabeth! Do you know?” Elizabeth hesitated, then replied, “Yes. Yes, I followed him. He went to-” she winced, as if the very name hurt her.
Kate is sworn off by her community while Petruchio gets to share a laugh with the other men, despite having arguably acted worse than her. Shakespeare intended for the viewers of the play to leave feeling guilty about the harshness Kate met; an inequality that is only apparent when done so excessively, especially considering the patriarchal forces in society at that time. Unlike Katherine, many women of that time would not have been given the opportunity to speak and act so boldly without severe punishment. Because of this, Shakespeare used her character as a medium through which to make society question its practices behind the thin veil of
This realization, along with the few incidents with Mrs. Buell and her children suggests that Kate recognizes that Mrs. Buell had had her own life to lead and was not simply the convenience store owner, but much more. Kate’s perception of Mrs. Buell changes drastically through her understanding that Mrs. Buell had not always been a hard person, but had a kindhearted side to
We all enjoy to dream and hope for the best. We have high expectations for the people around us and the situations we face. But, sometimes these idealistic expectations get us in trouble. We find ourselves stuck waiting for some miracle so that our ideals come true. This is Cleofilas from Sandra Cisneros’s short story
We live in a society that has increasingly demoralizes love, depicting it as cruel, superficial and full of complications. Nowadays it is easy for people to claim that they are in love, even when their actions say otherwise, and it is just as easy to claim that they are not when they indeed are. Real love is difficult to find and keeping it alive is even harder, especially when one must overcome their own anxieties and uncertainties to embrace its presence. This is the main theme depicted in Russell Banks’ short story “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story,” as well as in Richard Bausch’s “The Fireman’s Wife.” These narratives, although similar in some ways, are completely different types of love stories.
Petruchio compares Kate to a fire because she is strong-willed and determined. He says with light wind, she will build up and grow strong and wild, but extreme wind will blow her fire out.
Through his incentive, he is very determined to marry Kate even though she comes with money, marriage, and a malicious attitude. In addition, Petruchio does not care if his wife is a shrew or foul, he just asks "...if thou know one rich enough to be Petruchio's wife" (1.2.68). Not to mention, after Hortensio tells him of Kate, Petruchio only says to "...tell [him] her father's name, and tis enough" (1.2.95). Petruchio understands that Kate has a "...scolding tongue" (1.2.101) even though Hortensio warms him. Due to his incentive to cure Kate of her shrew-ish ways and to get Baptista's money.
Early in the story, Lydia begins to realize how technology is affecting their kids. George says, "And lock the nursery for a few days until I get my nerves settled. " His mother responds, "You know how difficult Peter is about that.
Chopin demonstrates not only how men treat women, but also how important it was to be white in this post-civil war era. When Armand was the head of his house, he would not let Desiree make any changes to his house. He made sure that she knew that he was the alpha male. This is the thing that Kate hated the most as a woman was having no say in any part of the world. Kate as many other woman, even though they were white, still had no say.
Kate Chopin introduces her main character as “Mrs. Mallard” to signify her being married. However, within her marriage, she loses herself. Being married, she took her husband’s last name and became a wife. In a way it changed her personality. She was no longer her own self, she was someone else’s “property”.
"Why, darling, I thought you'd be pleased. You never go out, and this is a great occasion. I had tremendous trouble to get it. Everyone wants one; it's very select, and very few go to the clerks. You'll see all the really big people there."”