compare them‚ we have to think about the different time background and different society situations of each. In the original Shakespearean comedy‚ the main setting place is 1590s Padua‚ a city in Italy. In the movie‚ it is late 1990s American at a high school named “Padua High School.” In consideration of ages and identification‚ there are some dissimilar details between the two versions. For example‚ the main topic from the beginning to the end in Shakespeare’s play is about marriage‚ while the main topic
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the most important aspects in "Much Ado About Nothing" is the story of love. It is often the basis for what transpires throughout the play and can most easily be seen through the relationships between Hero and Claudio‚ and Benedick and Beatrice. During the play the reader learns a lot about these couples as well as how they possess some of the same relationship traits whilst still seeing the obvious disparities between them. Benedick and Beatrice represent a "love/hate" relationship. They share
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Katherine is the main character in the movie Taming of the Shrew‚ she starts out as the shrew suggested by the title‚ but is not at the end of the movie. What causes her change is a psychological happening more than a physical happening. At the beginning of the story she is the very definition of a shrew‚ a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant‚ (from dictionary.com). This was the case because she was jealous of her sister‚ who was more beautiful and sought after by suitors than she‚ this
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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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