Essay about How Comparison Causes Jealousy and Resentment

Submitted By baseballhaynes98
Words: 549
Pages: 3
Open Document
Rivalry/Jealousy and resentments of comparision
This is first demonstrated in the first scene of the first act, wherein the major problem of the play is introduced that Katherine must have plans to marry before Bianca can even be seriously courted, and Katherine has no suitors because of her shrewish personality. During this scene, Katherine's father, Baptista, makes a fool of her in public by talking about her personal situation with Hortensio and Gremio. He then offers her to Bianca's suitors as if she were a piece of property. “You shall marry her, but until then Bianca will not be married” (3.2.23).

Both daughters' personalities, especially Katherine's jealously, are shown in the book later on, as Baptista shows concern for Bianca's education, while ignoring Katherine's needs. Finally, her father leaves Katherine behind to talk with Bianca alone. Katherine begins to realize that Bianca is her father's favorite child, and when Baptista tells Bianca she must stay up on her books and music rather than getting attached to love , she agrees with him and tells her father, "my books and instruments shall be my company, On them to look, and practice by myself " (2. 1.34).

On the negative side, Katherine is not so calm and relaxed . Her rude reaction is an attempt to disguise her embarrassment and humiliation that has came from her father's analysis. Her ego causes her to yell out at her father for his thoughtless behavior, and when Hortensio blames her negative reaction, Katherine responds in a kind manner, saying says that if she cared about his words, she would bang his head with a stool. Clearly , she states, "Iwis it is not halfway to her heart; But if it were, doubt not her care should be to comb your noddle with a three-legg'd stool And paint your face, and use you like a fool" (3.3.46). As a conclusion, by the end of the scene, Baptista is established as a thoughtless and limited father, and Bianca is known as a spoiled child who acts like an angel to get her way, while everyone else views the
Show More

Related Documents: Essay about How Comparison Causes Jealousy and Resentment

Bullying Traum Anger, Sadness, Fear And Mistrust

bullying and which is often misdirected at others. If the level of anger had been measured in these youth, it would have been significant and associated often with impulses for revenge. New school based programs are urgently needed that teach youth how to address their anger by growth in virtues which current anti-bullying programs fail to address. Formation of youth in the virtue of forgiveness as the major way to master their anger is also needed in the home. Forgiveness education programs that…

Words 4032 - Pages 17

Understand theories of relationships and social networks Essay

1.1 Key principles of relationship theories - Stage theories in general describe how we go through distinct stages as we develop. Thus, rather than gradually changing, we typically make sudden shifts to different plateaus of perception and behaviour. Relationships go through a series of stages as they mature. Levinger's model has ABCDE stages. A = Acquaintance/attraction. We meet other people and feel an initial attraction, often based on physical beauty and similarity. B = Build-up. We become…

Words 1889 - Pages 8

Herman Melville's Redburn-Analytical Essay

adolescence is a right of passage that everyone goes through and no one is exempt from, an adolescent's expectation of their place in life is almost always ill perceived due the reality of their actual state in life. This naivety can cause rage, embarrassment and cause them to feel superior over their peers rather than except their own reality where they long to belong and are prone to self-pity if it does not work out to their immediate gratification, and they usually walk around very self-centered…

Words 2522 - Pages 11

Attachment Theory and Adam d. Clarke Essay

potential partner to be. In this sense, most people are in fact influenced by their chances of having affection reciprocated. This relates to how someone may feel that another individual is ‘out of their league’, where they deem the chances of such individual returning their affection as low. Overall the initial attraction towards someone would be determined by a comparison between the other persons attractiveness and their own attractiveness. Those that are matched in social desirability are more likely…

Words 4055 - Pages 17