-
before his execution.
There is no
evidence in Plato's
portrayal of the
shrewish Xanthippe of
later tradition. The
characterisation of
Xanthippe as a difficult...
-
theme of such
literature and
folktales is the
often forceful "taming" of
shrewish wives by
their husbands.
Arising in folklore, in
which community story-telling...
-
obstetrician worried about teenage pregnancy, does not
allow her or her
shrewish older sister Kat, a senior, to date. Kat is
accepted to
Sarah Lawrence...
- pride. He
simply wanted to tame her to be able to say he
tamed the most
shrewish woman. In this interpretation,
Petruchio marries Katharine solely for her...
-
Bette Davis was
acclaimed for her
portrayal of the
shrewish Mildred in Of
Human Bondage....
- and
lived alongside of dinosaurs. Like most
Mesozoic mammals, it was a
shrewish-sized animal. It's in the
suborder "Plagiaulacida" and
family Pinheirodontidae...
- In the
Middle Ages,
Termagant or
Tervagant was the name of a god that some
European Christians believed Muslims worshipped. It
originates in the eleventh-century...
-
appeared in many
Laurel and
Hardy comedies,
frequently playing Hardy's
shrewish wife.
Busch was born in Melbourne,
Victoria to po****r
Australian vaudeville...
- on
gender roles,
featuring quick-thinking,
resilient women as well as
shrewish,
nagging wives. The
Twilight Zone
aired for five
seasons (the
first three...
- typecasting. "I
think because the
character I pla**** was so
extreme and sort of
shrewish—people
thought that was who I was,
rather than me
going in and creating...
