-
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...
- Ball
manga entitled "...And into the Fire!".
Typically portra**** as the
shrewish and
fiery wife of
series protagonist Son Goku and the
overprotective mother...
-
Bette Davis was
acclaimed for her
portrayal of the
shrewish Mildred in Of
Human Bondage....
- when they are older, ride on her back and flanks. It is also
called the
shrewish short-tailed opossum, or
dwarf short-tailed opossum. Gardner, A. (2005)...
- In the
Middle Ages,
Termagant or
Tervagant was the name
given to a god
which European Christians believed Muslims worshipped. The word is also used in...
- "Xanthippe" has now come to mean any
nagging scolding person,
especially a
shrewish wife.
Later writers, such as
Diogenes Laërtius who cite
Aristotle as the...
- The New York
Times stated Howard "makes a real character" out of the "
shrewish" role
while Los
Angeles Times wrote she was "rapidly
becoming today's preeminent...
- 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...
-
cartoonist who
works on the
Tales from the
Crypt comic, is put-upon by his
shrewish and
abusive wife
Mildred (Colleen Camp) to take
experimental fertility...
