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=**Whatever It Takes...**= Movie: Deliver Us From Eva

Book: Taming of the Shrew
As "Taming of the Shrew" proves, there are certain expectations for the gender roles in a relationship of love. However, you can't always get what you want, therefore resulting into some type of manipulation to alter your fate [deception in a relationship/ scheming]. In " Taming of the Shrew," Petruchio swears he will have Katherine as his wife, no matter what. However, not because he loves her, but merely because she is wealthy and her as his bride, makes him wealthy too. In the 2003 movie "Deliver us from Eva", sets out to do do the same -- only this time its minus the marriage but for mainly the same reasons.

Both share a very common ground when it comes to their motive for their tactics. Petruchio has an overly confident personality, and believes he can tame [marry] Katherine no matter what, much like the main character of the movie, Raymond, who wishes to seduce Eva in order to help out some friends. There is money involved in both events. Petruchio, who only wishes to marry katherine to be rich and is also paid 20 crowns up front for it, and Raymond, who is receiving $5, 000 to date Eva.

In "Deliver Us From Eva,"Raymond is known to be very demanding and popular when it comes to taming females, and having any female he wants [in modern society we call it being a player]. Yet unlike in the play, in the movie, Raymond does tame Eva, however he also calms down; its like he sort of becomes tamed. Like they've "tamed" each other [Eva and Raymond]. This does not happen in "Taming of the Shrew". **Deception exist in a relationship only when love can not be commenced from both parties.**

__Quotes from Movie__

="Most women have a few barriers around their heart,= =but Eva has an electrified fence with rabid pit bulls"=

//"Deliver us from Eva"//, Raymond
In this quote, the main character, Raymond, is explaining what is wrong with Eva to the fellows (also known as the men who paid him to date Eva). I think this is essential when it comes to the comparison between Katherine (taming of the shrew ) and Eva. What Raymond is suggesting in this line from the movie, is that Eva is unwilling and uncooperative with his plan to seduce her, and her resistance is his biggest difficulty. =  = ="I would say I find your particular brand of crack very amusing This isn't about a book..versus a football game, fellas. Oh, no. This is about men versus women. Women who aspire to culture... and men who aspire to scratch themselves. Women who bear the burdens in life and men who create those burdens. Women who uplift humanity and men who uplift lap dances." = //"Deliver us from Eva", Eva//

In this scene Eva is trying to convince (more so demand) the fellas to move to another location to watch the football game, although they were there first. Everything she says is from a woman's perspective. In a sense its almost her speculation of male expectations in a relationship. From the quote, you can see she doesn't expect much out of them, however she does expect respect, which she is trying to convey to them, by telling them its respectful to leave and let the ladies occupy the room.



__Quots from Book__ ="So may you lose my arms. If you strike, you are no gentlemen, and if no gentlemen why then no arms. **"**A herald, Kate? O, put me in thy books."= //(Act ii, Scene i, 91) Katherine and Petruchio//

This is a quote from the book "Taming of the Shrew". This is a little of the conversation Katherine and Petruchio have while he is chasing her. This is another quote that suggest male expectations in a relationship. She is explaining that if he hits her than he is not a gentlemen. Essentially men are expected to maintain the peace in the relationship (not tamper with the female in any physical form) even if there lies no peace within the female.

//(Act i, Scene ii, 62 – 73 )//
This quotation is about deception, and manipulating certain situations in a relationship to achieve what the individual wants. Petruchio speaks these lines to Hortensio to explain his intention of finding a bride in Padua (pleasure, wealth). He frankly states that his main goal is to marry for money, equating wedding with wealthy results—that is, marrying a rich wife—with wedding happily.He says that the woman may be as “foul as was Florentius’ love,” referring to an older story when a knight named Florent was forced to marry an old woman who saved his life. Later on a bet is then placed (20 crowns) though he was willing to bet 100 crowns that he can marry Katherine [deception]. Not only did he do it for money, but he didn't love her. And didn't learn to later love her.



In the end, Raymond learns to love Eva, and regrets even being paid to date her. He vows to give the $5, 000 back, and Eva (who was much like Katherine when the movie first starts), learns to forgive and love Raymond despite what he has done. Petruchio on the other hand ends up with a wealthy wife, twenty thousand crowns, and a sense of accomplishment. Raymond only agreed to take the money because he thought he wouldn't fall in love with her, according to him "he never falls in love". Therefore proving that deception only exist in a relationship when love can not be commenced from both parties. Because he learned to love her, he later felt bad about what happen, and therefore made things right. Petruchio, as mention above, did not. Though in the end he did "tame" Katherine, unlike Raymond, he learned absolutely nothing.

//**__Citation__**//:

Shakespeare, William. //The Taming of the Shrew//. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat., and Paul Werstine. New York: Washington Square Press, 1992. Print.

//Deliver us from Eva//. Dir. Gary C Hardwick. Perf. Gabriella Union, James Todd Smith. Focus Features, 2003. DVD.