tragedies and histories‚ Shakespeare was known for having an ornate style of writing. He did not incorporate much surrealism in his play but rather combined elements within the society’s social norms in order to craft his works. One play in particular cleverly stretched beyond the accepted social norms in order to produce a comedic effect. This play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ incorporates much of the era’s social norms and laws. Shakespeare‚ who was born nearing the end of the Renaissance‚ accurately
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with modern ones or blend both into an almost seamless package. I would not go as far to say that 10 Things I Hate About You is seamless‚ but in a clichéd “teen-movie style” you could not have asked for something better. Regardless‚ there are key similarities and differences that are intriguing. 10 Things I Hate About You has some fairly obvious similarities with Taming of the Shrew. Most notably‚ the main characters have similar or identical names‚ such as Katherine‚ Bianca‚ and Petruccio who is
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The Taming of the Shrew is a dramatic comedy written by Shakespeare that was written in 1593 that takes place near Verona‚ Italy. The play has multiple elements of dramatic irony and comedic language. The play shows the process of marriage back then and the problems that most brides‚ and grooms faced. Often in those days‚ the father of the bride would arrange the marriage of their daughter‚ these arrangements were virtually final regardless of the daughter’s opinion. In the play; Kate‚ a quick-tempered
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which ‘much ado about nothing’ does offer. Throughout the play however‚ the story seems as if it is heading down the ‘tragic’ route of drama. So in much ado about nothing can be said that comic resolution is intrinsically imperfect? Or does comic resolution serve its purpose as a comedic device? Leaving questions for the audience to think about once they have left the theatre‚ ensuring the play has a legacy? The comic resolution is intrinsically imperfect on a massive scale. ‘Much ado about nothing’
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“Ten things I hate about you is a good appropriation of Shakespeare’s play ‘taming of the shrew’.” ‘Ten things I hate about you’ (ten things) is a movie‚ which was released in 1999. It is meant to be an appropriation of shakspeares play ‘taming of the shrew’. But my question is‚ has it done so successfully? Even though he directors of ’10 things’ have changed a significant amount of the play‚ the main story line has been preserved‚. there are obvious similarities between the two texts. For
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In the movie “10 Things I Hate About You”‚ there are a lot of similarities to “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare. For example‚ most of the similarities have to do with power relationships‚ courtship and dating‚ and sisters. The main characters in both the writing and movie have the same personalities. Bianca is played as the perfect innocent teenager and Kate is portrayed as a spiteful‚ bad tempered person. Also‚ their father is still very strict. As one would think‚ the themes between
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explain the continued fascination with Katherina in ’The Taming of the Shrew’ Audiences continue to be fascinated and relate with Katherina because of the struggles she faces with not fitting into a very concise‚ social mould. There’s no denying that The Taming of the Shrew is patriarchy at its worst. Shakespeare presents to the audience Katherina - an intelligent‚ highly stubborn woman who is willing to challenge the sexist patriarchal ideologies of the 16th century. She is subjected to many
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the Taming of the Shrew as a whole and how does this scene contribute to the play’s comic potential? William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ follows two rather different sisters and their fathers attempt to marry them off. Bianca is the beautiful sister‚ fair and virtuous‚ a symbol of purity backed up by the fact her name means white in Italian. Kate on the other hand is the older sister‚ foul and bad tempered‚ a women no man would want to tame‚ she is the ‘shrew’.
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Katherine the Shrew Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew is comedy about Kathrine‚ an outspoken rebellious shrew. In this story she is paired up with Petruchio‚ a man who only wanted her for her money and so Bianca could marry one of her suitors. As time goes on Petruchio is able to tame his wife Katherine‚ at least somewhat. Taming of the Shrew has spun out many different versions of its story‚ mostly in movies. Both movie versions‚ Shakespeare Retold and 10 Things I Hate About You where based and
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In the Knight’s Tale‚ courtly love is a major element for the coherence of the story. In courtly love‚ the knight utilizes fundamental chivalric rules‚ but also has inner feelings that cannot be directly revealed‚ when dealing with the lady with whom he is infatuated; this is evident with Arcite and Palamon. However‚ the “Miller’s Tale” perverts the concept of courtly love. Instead we are shown the forthright and graphic sexual tendencies among non-aristocrats‚ in which courtly behavior is mocked.
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