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=Nothing beats a first kiss.= Comparing "Taming of the Shrew" to "50 First Dates"

Romantic love and love at first sight is said to be an unreal feeling, but in the play "The Taming of the Shrew" and the movie "50 First Dates." Katherine and Petruchio's love compares to the love that Henry had for Lucy, with both men falling for the women almost instantly. In "Shrew," Petruchio tries his hardest to win Katherine over. He is determined to have her no matter what her attitude is or how she looks or makes him feel. "50 First Dates," the main character sets out to do the same- Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) tries his hardest to win Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) over even though she has memory problems and can't remember what day it is or even her own father's birthday. Both the play and the movie are about men who fall mad in love with women and are determined to have them as their own. Like it or not, men will always fight for the one they love. They will always stay by their side and they will always do what they can to win the woman of their dreams.

="For I am he am born to tame you, Kate. And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as other households Kates."= (Act II, Scene i, 291-293)

In this quote, Petruchio is talking to Kate and trying to explain to her that he was made to marry her and make her a better woman. Kate tries to believe him but it is too hard to; instead, she fights back with him. Petruchio is determined to have Kate as his own. When Henry Roth laid eyes on Lucy Whitmore, he fell for her almost instantly but he did not know that she had a memory problem and wouldn't remember him the next day. He was instantly determined to have her and make her his own. For weeks Henry would come see Lucy at the Hukilau Café everyday and she would never remember who he is.

="Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper,=

 =Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee,=

=And for thy maintence commits his body"=

(Act V, Sc. ii, 162-180)

In "Shrew," Katherine finally realizes that she is married to Petruchio and that he makes her a better person. She has finally been tamed.