Shakespeare (CRR)

In English we are beginning to read the Taming of the Shrew.  The Taming of the shrew is basically the story of a girl who can't get married yet until her older sister does. The difference between both sisters is that the oldest is a more modernized version of women in today's world bearing the characteristics of independent, strong, and outspoken. The younger sister is the obedient sister who does as told, and is the opposite as her sister. In their society, women who are like Katharina (older sister) are seen as reckless, and NEED to get married as a way of being tamed, BUT Katharina doesn't want to get married, which worries her father dearly. Bianca (younger sister) on the other hand has two men fighting over her, because they want her to get married, but under her father's orders (in hopes that his eldest daughter will find a suitable man) she can't get married before Katharina. Only problem is that NO MAN wants to marry Katharina because of her independent and outspoken mannerisms. Thus, her being the shrew "in need of taming". I don't think she necessarily needs taming, or that there is anything wrong with her. Maybe I say this because in a way I consider myself a lot like Katharina. At the end of the day it can be said that Katharina is not ready to hold a man down, but in reality no man is strong enough to reach Katharina's standards nor ready to handle and hold down a woman like her.