Mabintu+Donzo

= ** //wealth over love// ** = Comparing: "The Taming of the Shrew" "one dollar"

"The Taming of the Shrew" shows that parents want their daughter to get marry to a very wealthy man. in “ Shrew” lucentio and Gremio asked Baptista for his daughter Bianca hand in marriage, Baptista said which ever one of them is the most wealthiest will marry his daughter. In the 2002 Nigerian movies “One dollar” Nneka parents are looking for the same goal in who ever is interested in their daughter but their daughter already have a fiancé (Pat) that put her through school and looked after the family finance even though hes not wealthy.

The parents of both Bianca and Nneka are looking for the same interest in whom ever trying to marry their daughter. Bianca has two men that wants to marry her but her father want her to get marry to the wealthiest and someone who will let her own their wealth when they die. As for Nneka, Her parents were in support of her and her fiancé till they find out that someone else want to marry her; they heard that person is an engineer in America. As soon as they knew he was wealthier than Pat, they made a promise to let their daughter get marry to him, they no longer want her to got marry to Pat any more.These texts shows that parents often are greedy and do not care about love when it comes to marriage, they care more about the wealth of the person.

** Shall have my Bianca’s love.” **
(act II, scene I, 361-364)

In this quote, Baptista wanted to know which one of the men is wealthier than then the other. This show that Baptista is being a greedy parents for his daughter and it seem like he sailing her love to the wealthiest. If he cared about love he would have focused on how much love each man have for his daughter.

Nneka 's parents do the same saturation but in a different way.

In this screen shot Nneka 's parents is telling her about the man that live in the US so she walked away. Nneka 's parents also do the same but instead of letting the men proved which of them is the most wealthiest, they decided to just ignore Pat because the other guy live in the US which mean hes wealthier. The fact that every thing about America is so exaggerated in film. So as soon as the word America is mentioned the attitudes of the characters in the presence of the word, as well as the music in the film changes."Your father and I have really suffered" Nneka 's mother said to her trying to make it seem like the family pressure and quilt is put upon Nneka. her mother also told her that if she marry the man in America will be beneficial for the whole family.

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= = = “I must confess your offer is the best, = = And, let your father make her the assurance, = = She is your own; else, you must pardon me. = = If you should die before him, where’s her dower?” = (act II, scene I, 408-410)

Lucentio and Gremio have show Baptista how wealthy they are and how much of their wealth they will give to his daughter when they die.this quote show that he want his daughter to be wealth even if her husband die. He want her to own everything the husband owned and that's the only way he will let his daughter get marry.

Nneka 's parents do the same but instead of them wanting Nneka to benefit from her husband's wealth, they want the whole family to. In th is screen shot of "One Dollar" Nneka 's parents are receiving a money envelope from the father of the man that's in America. this shows that Nneka 's parents have chose money over love because they do not know anything about this man, they never seen or spoke to him before. As fo Pat they have known him for years and did not have any problem with him till they find someone else who lives in the US. Nneka 's parents are being greedy and not thinking about all the things Pat did for their family.

in the movie "One Dollar" Nneka's end up loosing both man because the American guy life end up being base on a lie, he was not an engineer, he was a wannabe rapper. He also had a mental problem. Nneka's tried to go back to Pat but it was too late. This shows that if parents just focus on the wealth of a person and do not know anything about the person, things will end up bad. In “shrew” Biance got marry with Lucentio but in a secretive way.Her father was not involved in Their marriage. These texts shows that when a parents make wealth they first goal, it never work out the way they want it too.