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Katharina Blum, 2002.
This paper explores Heinrich Boell's Katharina Blum as a potentially idealized character.
8,830 words (approx. 35.3 pages), 26 sources, MLA, $ 184.95
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An exploration of the characteristics of the main protagonist of 'The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum', discussing whether these characteristics are realistic or idealized, and what impact they have on the force of Boell's critique of the press.
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"When asked "wird [Katharina] nicht tatsachlich eine positive Heldin?"(Isn't Katharina really a positive heroine?) Boll replied: "Die Gefahr ist drin," (There is a danger of that.) acknowledging the potential for the reader to perceive her as an ideal whilst remaining free to form his own opinion on the consequences of this idealisation. Boll went on in the same discussion to outline the ways in which Katharina Blum falls short of his ideal, which will be discussed later, concluding that "sie ist keine Heilige, und sie ist erst recht keine Heldin." (She isn't a saint, and she isn't even a heroine.) However, he did not deny that others might perceive the aspects of her character which he subjectively views as negative, to be positive, even exemplary. It is difficult to pass judgement on Katharina because much of what is said in the novel about her is by definition untrue. The reader is given the opportunity to make comparisons between the reports in the ZEITUNG (NEWS), often quoted verbatim, what other characters say about her, and what she says about herself. However, doubt is cast over what she says in the police interview by the fact that she is clearly either lying or withholding information about some aspects of her involvement in the affair. Whether we are to believe the rest of information offered or not, clearly it cannot be accepted uncritically. Even if the facts about her childhood, for example, are accepted, they are no more than that - bare facts that give little insight into the mind of Katharina herself. It may be that what her actions reveal is most illuminating of all."
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Austen and Shakespeare's Headstrong Women, 2006.
A comparison and contrast between Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew".
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper reviews, compares and contrasts the headstrong women presented in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice" and Shakespeare's play "Taming of the Shrew." The paper first discusses the different intentions of the two authors, explaining that "Pride and Prejudice" was a sort of comedy of manners, written by a maiden lady, while "The Taming of the Shrew" was intended for the bawdy audience of the Globe Theatre, willing to get a good laugh at the sight of a prospective suitor paddling his prospective bride. The paper looks at the characters of Elizabeth -- who was quite proper -- and Katharina, who was not.
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"Elizabeth Bennet would never say those words. She might smile and offer to honor and obey her wedding vows. She might DO what Kate SAYS, but it simply would not be in her character to be really that subservient. While Shakespeare literally changes his "shrew" into a doting wife, definitely the "weaker sex", Elizabeth will be sure to uphold her husband's profession and demeanor, and no doubt, keep his books. These two opinionated people will find a common, middle ground, and their wit and demeanor will surely bring them happiness and a large family (which Darcy will admire from afar) Kate, it seems to me, upon bearing children, will raucously demand a wet nurse at once. Her act of obedience is more of a temporary expedient, from my point of view."
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Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", 1999.
A look at Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew" and how it is about the role of women in Elizabethan times.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, $ 41.95
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This paper examines the role of women in Shakespeare's classic play; their reactions and coping abilities within the Elizabethan patriarchal society. Katharina is often looked upon as a threat to the system. She defies the expectations of society upon women and plays with masculine characteristics. In her defiance, she gains power. She discovers a power within her choices. To play along, or not to play along? Her realization of existing oppression is power in itself.
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"Elizabethans were attentive to the world's digression from the ideal order. Shakespearean comedy is farcical with a comic re evaluation of social norms. The ideal order consists of a hierarchical system in which everything and everyone has a fixed place. The family was to follow a corresponding order within the divine system. Tensions concerning Elizabethan faith in the order were heightened by the Puritan challenge to the established regime. The feisty and independent Katharina reflects the increasing threats to authority in society. Katharina inflates the attempt to re establish order within the familial system in Shakespeare's, "The Taming of the Shrew". Katharina communicates the notion that freedom is not absolute as she plays with accepted social restraints."
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