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A 6 page paper which examines the similarities and differences between Baptista Minola and Egeus, particularly the relationships with their children, their roles and status in their respective societies, and their effect on the play’s progress. No additional sources are used.
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only the pillars and authority figures of their families but they perform crucial functions in the plays structural supports as well. It is their actions and reactions that propel
the plots and ultimately steer them toward their natural conclusions. Baptista Minola, the father in the comedy, The Taming of the Shrew and Egeus, the father in another humorous
tale, A Midsummer Nights Dream, are not regarded as major characters because they speak very little. Nevertheless, these men exert a powerful and commanding influence not only on their
daughters but also unfolding events. There are numerous similarities between Baptista and Egeus. First, both are apparently widowers who are attempting to marry off their daughters, i.e.
find suitable husbands for them. Because old Baptista Minola is one of the wealthiest landowners in Padua, Italy, his daughters Bianca and Katherina are sought after by an ever
increasing number of potential suitors. He has no one in particular in mind for them, but since his younger daughter, Bianca, is clearly his favorite, he would especially like
to promise her hand in marriage to whoever the highest bidder or most impressive bank account might be. A major contender appears to be Lucentio, but should he be
unable to produce his father (which would verify his lineage and financial status), then Biancas lucky suitor would be the elderly and well-off Gremio. But Baptista knows social convention
would frown upon Bianca marrying first, so he confides to the young men who would love to stake a love claim to the Minola fortune, "Gentlemen, importune me no farther,
/ For how I firmly am resolvd you know; / That is, not to bestow my youngest daughter / Before I have a husband for the elder" (I.iii.50-53). This,
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