The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew is a Shakespearean play that is believed to have been written around the 1500’s while 10 Things I Hate about You is a 90’s rom – com written by Gil Junger in 1999. 10 Things I Hate about you is loosely based around The Taming of The Shrew as it shares both the same characters names, same character characteristics and similar plot lines. A major theme in ‘10 Things I Hate about You’ is individuality. This is explored strongly throughout the film, voyaging through various methods

Essentialism: Katherine 's Transformation in William Shakespeare 's Taming Of The Shrew Feminist and cultural historians have convincingly demonstrated that "rebellious women" were a concern for englishmen during the late sixteenth centuries (Detmer 273). The idea of “taming” a women is one that men can find useful, though women can also benefit from. Katherine cynically conforms to expectation, and in doing so displays how The Taming of the Shrew is a critique on gender essentialism. The Oxford English

once successful, it will change for the better. The film 10 Things I Hate About You serves a purpose of parodying one of William Shakespeare’s famous plays Taming of the Shrew in which, contains a lot of intertextuality for the audience to infer. For example, Katherine Stratford represents the same character in Taming of the Shrew, the shrew itself who shows a negative attitude to the whole society.

Compare and contrast the Minola sisters from “the taming of the shrew” with the strath fords sisters from “10 things I hate about you” INTRODUCTION: The comedy “The Taming of the Shrew” written by William Shakespeare is set in Padua, Italy, where noble lady Katerina Minola is known for her difficult character and brazen personality. The younger daughter of Baptista. The lovely Bianca proves herself the opposite of her sister, Kate, at the beginning of the play: she is soft-spoken, sweet, and unassuming

Hate About You, directed by Gill Junger, is the adaptation that shows the most fidelity to the original Shakespearean play, Taming of the Shrew. Within the movie the director has adjusted the play's original themes, context and plot to be suitable to modern-day aspects and values. The play, Taming of the Shrew, follows a twisted life of Katherina as she is married off to the shrew tamer, Petruchio. The play starts with the introduction of the character Lucentio and Tranio as they arrive in Padua, where

been able to express more ‘feminine’ interests such as cooking, and most importantly, they marry for love, not because of their families. In Romeo and Juliet and Taming of Shrew, Shakespeare shows how both men and women impact the standards of a perfect marriage during the time period. The plays Romeo and Juliet and Taming of the Shrew were both set in the 1590’s and demonstrate the similar leadership roles of the man in the marriage, but each story shows how a women’s personality and the families

Essay In the Shakespearean comedy “The Taming of the Shrew”, William Shakespeare cleverly uses the techniques; Satire, Caricatures, Wit and Irony to create humour. “The Simpsons” & “The Big Bang Theory” are television shows that also engage the audiences with the same comedic techniques. The comedic technique satire is used in comedies to make fun and criticize the stupidity and weakness of individuals. In the Shakespeare’s comedy ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, satire was used to criticize unfair

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

wealthy guys, Darcy and Bingley, and were happily married. The youngest, Lydia, was married for lust to a disappointing young man named Wickham. Similarly in William's play The Taming of the Shrew, Sir Baptista, the father, was obliged to obtain his two daughters wedded and well-off. The older daughter Katherina (the shrew) learned to love and respect her husband

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