Lena+Bruce

= = = Enchanted Taming = Comparing "Taming of the Shrew" to "Enchanted" In “//Taming of the Shrew//,” the men fell in love with the women, without even having contact with the women.They saw the women and fell in love on the spot. Love at first sight was presented at the beginning. Lucentio and Tranio spotted Bianca, Katherine, and Baptisia out and about. Bianca not seeing Lucentio gave him butterflies and just looking at her made him fall in love, now Lucentio needs Bianca to be hers. In “//Enchanted//,” Giselle is stuck in her home waiting for a prince to sweep her off her feet. Prince Edward hears her voice and knows she is the one. They meet and fall in Love. Love at first sight. **There is a difference between Romantic Love and Love at first sight. The first one is actually love.**

“//But see, while idly I stood looking on, I found the effect of love in idleness, And now in plainness do confess to thee That art to me as secret and as dear As Anna to the queen of carthage was: Tranio, I burn, I pine! I perish, Tranio, If I achieve not this young girl.//"(Act I. Scene I)

In this quote Lucentcio saw Bianca and knew that he wanted her as his wife. He would do anything to get her. He has never talked to her, yet he knows he wants to be with her, because he thought it was love at first sight. Giselle wants to find her true love and Edward does too. When Edward hears her singing he goes to the rescue to find her. They find each other, look into anothers eyes, and ride away on the horse. Edward is like Lucentio because they both know nothing about the girl they want to date however they know that they are in love because their eyes told them too.

 "//Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee,//"(Act.V, Scene II) In Enchanted, when reality hits Giselle, she finds out "love at first sight" isn't real, she had to find her love the hard way, she not only found it, but with someone else. She learned the true meaning of love. Katherine mind set was no one was going to want to date her, because she was so vicious. Petruchio knew how to get the best out of someone. He knew it would take time for Katherine but in the end he knew it was worth it. He knew that if he just stared into Katherine's eyes, it wouldn't work. Giselle has similarities of Katherine and Bianca. In the end, Giselle reality check was better for her, because she actually knows what real love is, romantic love.