Journal Act 4

In act four Petruchio brings Kate to his house and acts like he’s trying to pamper Kate by getting her lots of things, but then acting like he thinks they’re not good enough for her and taking them away before she even receives them. He also acts this way with necessities for her such as he won’t let her eat because “the food’s not good enough for her” and not letting her sleep.
I really enjoy this play so far for many reasons. One I think the plot is hilarious and serious at the same time. Also, (this may sound mean and off topic, but for me it’s not) this story reminds me of my own sister. My sister only has a certain amount of niceness in her and she can only use some at a time. She can’t spend too much time with people being nice because it won’t last that long. People who aren’t in our family love her and think she’s perfect and nice because to them she is, but because she uses up all her niceness on her friends and other people she is absolutely horrible to her family. She is almost always cranky and tired and she takes it out on us. She acts exactly like Kate does around family and in some ways better and some ways worse. I relate to this play because my sister reminds me sort of a mixture between Bianca and Kate because everyone thinks Bianca is perfect and Kate is mean and rude. Just like I said everyone thinks my sister is perfect, but to her family she is a perfect Kate.
I think both of the films we’re watching are helpful. They really help me understand the play better and I like how we’re not just watching one of them because seeing the different ways they’re made helps me understand the story from every perspective. Also seeing both helps me because if I don’t understand one part in one of the movies I compare it to the same part in the other movie and it makes me understand it better or even completely.