Catherine+Nardone

Catherine Nardone

** //"27 Deceptions"// **
A comparison between "27 Dresses" and "Taming of the Shrew"

In "Taming of the Shrew," there are a little more than a few characters who are deceiving. There is the loving father, Vincentio, and his in love son, and servant, Lucentio and Tranio. There's a merchant as Vincentio and there's the betrayed Baptista. This is the compares to the modern movie "27 Dresses." In the movie, there is a crazy, double love triangle. The main character Jane, is in love with her boss, George, who is about to get married to Jane's sister, Tess. George thinks that Tess is interested in all the same things that he is, but she is putting on a facade to make him like her even more. Then, there is Kevin Doyle, the commitments journalist, who is doing an article on George and Tess's wedding. Kevin presents himself as Malcolm Doyle as a pseudonym and Jane and him get caught up in some comedic, yet cynical happenings. Between the book and the movie, society shows that it's normal to deceive a partner to keep a calm tone in the relationship.







==Baptista – “… Doth love my daughter, and she loveth him… And therefore, if you say no more than this, That like a father you will deal with him And pass my daughter a sufficient dower, The match is made, and all is done. Your son shall have my daughter with consent...”==

Biondello – “…Then thus: Baptista is safe, talking with the deceiving father of a deceitful son.”
This quote portrays the fact that Baptista is feeling betrayed by Tranio because Tranio is acting as Lucentio, the person who wants to marry his Bianca. Biondello is confirming the fact the Baptista is speaking with the fake Vincentio to show that Tranio has successfully tricked him into believing something that is not true. This compares to “27 Dresses,” when Tess tells George that she is a vegetarian at his little brother’s baseball game. George is an outgoing and outdoorsy type of person who has a love for traveling and is a vegetarian. Tess can be described as a cute little publicist in kitten heels who just arrived from the fall fashion shows in Milan. When Tess sees George, its like there is an immediate attraction. Instead of coming forth and laying everything on the table, Tess had to lie to make herself more appealing. In this situation, Tess is Tranio, who is being deceitful to George who is Baptista. This supports the fact society says that its okay for people to lie to conceal parts about themselves in order to keep the relationship stable.
 * Analysis:**



**Vincentio**: “Lives my sweet son… Where is that damned villain Tranio, That faced and braved me in this matter so… I will in to be revenged for this villainy.”
Here, you can see that his only son, and his son’s servant, Tranio, has lied to Vincentio. Similarly in the movie, Jane has been lied to by Kevin, who when she met him introduced himself as Kevin, a writer. Later on, she finds out that he goes by Malcolm, and is her favorite wedding vows writer. She feels shocked but then gets over it. Later, during an interview with Jane, she discovers her not so hidden closet with 27 of her bridesmaids dresses in it. He takes silly pictures of her, and innocently gets into her head. He then goes to back to work and his boss demands to see the article Kevin started on Jane when he found her filo-fax in the back of the cab she was using. Here, he sends the article to his boss, and she is going to put it in the next Sunday paper. When Jane sees it, she is furious and feels betrayed by Kevin because she was being herself when she was with him. This compares to Lucentio and Vincentio, because Lucentio hid the fact that he was acting as a servant and his servant, Tranio was acting as him. Vincentio says that he is enraged as was Jane was too. This quote backs up the fact that society allows people to deceive one another in a relationship to make sure there are no problems within that relationship.
 * Analysis:**

All in all, these examples show that even in Shakespeare’s time it was okay to have deception in relationships, as it is today, although it may be more common. In "27 Dresses," the examples were more modern, but still they compared from a book written long ago. Clearly, they share some of the same views. "Taming of the Shrew," conveys that hiding who you are is okay in relationships, and in "27 Dresses," it's the same thing with George and Tess. As a result of this, people are lead to believe by society, that it is customary to have a deceiving relationship in order to happy in the relationship.
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