Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is a rich play for interpretation mainly because of its controversial content, due to the of power dynamics of Petruchio and Katharina. I chose to stage The Taming of the Shrew because I found the storyline engaging and I felt that the play would be able to be staged nontraditionally while continuing to retain its storyline and original language. For my production I would like Katharina and Petruchio to be in their late teens around 16 to 19 years old

In order for two comparative texts to develop ones understanding of shared themes and ideas they must over come the boundaries of differing contexts and explore the strong parallels between them. Shakespeare’s play “The Taming of the Shrew” (1590-1592) was composed during the Elizabethan era in contrast to Gil Junger’s “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999) set around 1990s America. Although the diverse time periods their correlating plots are indicators of appropriation and pronounce an intertextual

During the 1600s, William Shakespeare wrote the play The Taming of the Shrew. This play has been well-known throughout the ages. The play has been adapted into film and the two most popular version of it are The Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You. The movie The Taming of the Shrew was released in 1967, while the newer version came out as, 10 Things I Hate About You which was released in 1999. Even though these two variations are based off the same play they have many similarities

The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare captivates the audience in the comedic play The Taming Of the Shrew by raising awareness of gender inequality and the significance of money during the Elizabethan context. Themes of sexism and money are still relevant in today’s society. The Taming of the shrew deeply explores the relationships of men and women creating opportunities for Shakespeare to confront the responder with questioning thoughts of the power of money and the view of sexism in the

In Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew, the main character, Katharina Minola is portrayed as a shrew. Her behavior emanated from the fact that a father who treated her with indifference raised her and there was a lack of a motherly influence in her life. “Shakespeare sketches her character with a depth the typical shrew lacks” (“The Taming and Comic Tradition” 1) so her behavior is a defense mechanism used to protect herself from rejection. Katharina “is aggressive and belligerent, but

The Taming of the Shrew was written somewhere between 1592 and 1594 (Bevington 2). Taming of the Shrew’s titular theme is Petruchio “taming” his shrewish wife, Katharina, which was a common theme for plays during Elizabethan England. However, the play delves so much deeper into their relationship than just focusing on a male’s forced submission of a female. In fact, The Taming of the Shrew offers a sophisticated opinion on how a married couple should interact. Petruchio’s grand scheme of how he will

Taming of the Shrew a Biographical Analysis “This is a way to kill a wife with kindness, and thus I'll curb her mad and headstrong humor. He that knows better how to tame a shrew, now let him speak. 'Tis charity to show” (Shakespeare). Those are the stout claims of Petruchio the stern and stubborn treasure seeker. This line conveys much information about the future plot and about the Taming of the Shrew as a whole. It establishes Petruchio as the hero and states the quest he must fulfill, and it

The Taming of a Shrew is about a shrewish woman who is soon to be tamed. It is so straight forward its summarized in the title. The book The Taming of a Shrew is a story where the main character is an unmannerly woman, the title relates to the story because Kate is a shrew, no-one wanted to marry her, and her husband does mean things to make her obey. Firstly, the title relates to the story because the main character whose name is Katherina or Kate for short is an unmannerly shrew. She is so shrewish

The Taming of the Shrew is one of many plays William Shakespeare wrote in the 1590’s, and one reinterpretation, 10 Things I hate about you is a more modern film made in the 1990’s and based on the play Taming of the Shrew. To make a modern version of a 16th century play one would have to have a perfect mix of similarities and differences between the two, incorporating elements of both worlds. The creators of 10 Things I Hate about you did a very good job, using many of the characters and much of

In Act 5, Scene 2, lines 152-196, of The Taming of the Shrew, Katherine portrays her “transformation” from an undesirable shrew to an obedient wife as she depicts to Bianca and Widow the respect and loyalty that a woman’s “lord, life, [and] keeper” deserves (162). After being encouraged by Petruchio, whom had recently placed a bet with Lucentio and Hortensio on whose wife would be the most obedient, to lecture the two women on their wifely responsibilities, she remarked on the harsh burdens of a