I live in New Zealand‚ a country in the Antipodes‚ and here is my Top Ten list of things I hate about New Zealand‚ starting at number Ten and counting down. 10. The Weather - It constantly changes. If it rains it is extremely grey and gloomy. If it is sunny it burns. 9. The Hole In The Ozone Layer - Thanks to industrial countries like Germany and the United States‚ we have a great big hole hanging over our heads which exposes us to the harmful rays of the sun. I go outside for two minutes and I
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10 Things I Hate About You The film “10 Things I Hate About You” made in 1999 American teen romantic comedy film. It is directed by Gil Junger. The film had an estimated budget of $16 million and is considered a moderate financial and critical success. In its opening weekend‚ the film grossed $8‚330‚681 in the United States The film is a modernization of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” is titled after a poem written by the film’s female lead to describe her bittersweet romance with the
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experience a sense of belonging in varied and complex ways. How is this explored in the text you have studied? People have different experiences of belonging‚ some of these are positive and others are negative. This concept will be explored through the prescribed text‚ the poems Immigrant Chronicle by Peter Skrzynecki‚ the film Looking for Alibrandi directed by Kate Woods and the novel Ten things I hate about me written by Randa Abdel El Fattah. These texts highlight the different aspects of belonging
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The main plot of The Taming of the Shrew‚ hinges on the marriage of Katherine and Petruchio. Over the course of the play‚ there is significant tension between Petruchio and Katherine’s relationship develops from one of disagreement and verbal sparring to one of peace and balance. When Katherine and Petruchio first get married‚ they both feel that they don’t have anything in common. Petruchio is in the marriage for the money and Katherine has been chosen to marry Petruchio against her own wishes
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The Taming of the Shrew: Dramatic Essay “The Taming of the Shrew” is a play written by the famous playwright William Shakespeare and was first performed in 1590. As the title suggests‚ the main plot revolves around a bitter young woman named Katherine‚ who is being pursued by a courtier named Petruchio‚ a greedy man whose only love is money. Despite Katherine’s disagreeable character‚ Petruchio aims to win her hand in marriage in order to lay hold of the considerable fortune that is Katherine’s dowry
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Ben Smith 2nd Semester play review 16 June 2104 The Taming of The Shrew During the play there are 3 men who are trying to woo Bianca‚ the youngest doughtier of Baptista Minola. Before any of them are aloud to court his younger doughtier they must find a husband for the foul and angry Katherina the eldest doughtier of Minola. Conveniently a man named Petruchio arrives in Padua who is looking for a bride the 2 men that were after Bianca first get him to agree to court Katherina. In
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Chase Hullinger Period 3 10 Things I Hate About You Movie Review The 1999 film‚ 10 Things I Hate About You‚ mirrors many of the characters‚ themes‚ and conflicts as in the Shakespeare play‚ The Taming of the Shrew. The characters in the film involve Kat as Kate‚ Patrick as Petruchio‚ Cameron as Lucentio‚ Bianca as Bianca‚ Michael as Tranio‚ and Joey as a suitor for Bianca. The characters share many of the same motives as their counterparts in the play. The reasons for their motives all revolve
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she is as they call the “shrew”. Calling her the shrew just shows the very prominent sexist ideals in this play I think making it very unromantic‚ men do not like her because she speaks her mind and it very independent unlike her calm and beautiful sister Bianca. In the time that this play was popular it was a normal thing to find women like Katherine undesirable‚ although this is true it is still something that very common in this day and age. In the scheme of things women are still told to shut
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“For I born to tame you‚ Kate‚ and bring you from a wild Kate to Kate comfortable as household Kates.” -Petruchio All that Taming Of The Shrew screams to its viewers‚ is the misogyny of Elizabethan times and the bitter resentment the church had for women.“It’s the story of a ‘shrewish’ woman who is roughly subjected nd forced by her husband‚ It cannot fail to be controversial‚ and often disturbing. The Taming of the Shrew has been considered a view of the trials of marriage‚ a love story or ‘chick
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In The Taming of the Shrew both Petruchio and Kate are well rounded‚ peculiar characters. Kate demonstrates a profound personality‚ one that divulges as the play progresses. At first Kate appears as shrewd and ill-tempered with out googd reason. In Act I when Kate lashes out at Gremio she is introduced as a suitorless‚ sharp-tongued maiden. "Gremio. To cart her rather. She’s too rough for me. There‚ there‚ Hortensio‚ will you any wife. Kate. I pray you‚ sir‚ is it your will
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