By Shasa Smith “10 Things I Hate About You” Analytical Essay The Film “10 Things I Hate About You” is based on a Shakespearian play. The film is about a teenage girl whose father will not allow her to date. Finally the girl’s father comes up with an idea – she can date when her older sister (Kat) does. Her Father knows that Kat is not going to date anytime soon saying “When pigs begin to fly”. The film explores many themes and issues relevant to teenagers today. Such themes include; Social
Premium Sociology
Things I Hate About You‚ composed in 1999 by writers Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirstin Smith‚ Kiss Me Kate directed by George Sydney and Shakespeare Retold- The Taming of the Shrew directed by David Richard are just some examples of texts that were skilfully appropriated. While the original text can be said to have greater textual integrity the essential themes and concerns remain unchanged through time‚ allowing the masterpiece to capture the attention of contemporary audiences. 10 Things I Hate
Premium The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare
“ Yo listen up here’s a story. About a little guy that lives in a blue world. And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue like him”. This is a lyric from the song “I’m Blue” sung by Eiffel 65. The song “I’m Blue” is a song that is about a guy who lives in a “blue world”. Everything in his life‚ he sees as the color blue. Blue being the color of sadness and sensitivity. This song can be connected to the different colors and traits that are associated with every person. Everyone is
Premium Video game Game Video game console
is through the cruelty presented in works such as The Prince that has led to the disdain for the term Machiavellian. It has become synonymous with the ideas of duplicity in diplomacy‚ with little regard to the effects on morality. However‚ The Prince is not necessarily a treatise desiring violence and cruelty‚ but a document founded upon the ideas of pragmatism. To Machiavelli‚ the use of cruelty is not meant to be done for the sake of cruelty itself‚ but for the ideas of cruelty being well used
Premium Political philosophy The Prince Cesare Borgia
2010 when I got engaged to my fiancé. Before he came into my life I was headed towards destruction. Him coming into my life was the most joyful thing in my life besides family. Being engaged to him makes my heart skip a beat. His children make me feel like I’m they biological mother all the time. When my fiancé and his children came into my life it was like god sent me heaven from above. Being with them and starting a family is something I always wanted and he gave it to me.Everything about him has
Premium 2006 albums 2005 albums English-language films
like to visit. However‚ most of all I would really like to visit Hollywood for which I have a great deal of reasons to do: to see how the films are made‚ meet famous actors and actresses and to feel the vibrant atmosphere of Los Angeles. To begin with‚ Hollywood is famous for making films. For example‚ I like films and spend a great amount of my free time watching new and sometimes even old films‚ especially made in Hollywood. And when the film attracts me I wish to know how the director managed
Free Film Actor Acting
How will I be remembered? This a subject that I’ve thought about a lot during my life. How do I want to be remembered? In my youth I wanted to be remembered as a hero of historic proportions‚ a man who people looked up to as I had looked up to my childhood heroes. A man whose strenth and deeds of daring would live forever. Later‚ in my teens‚ I realized that being considered heroic probably wasn’t everything it was made out to be. I had started to realize that many of my childhood heroes had feet
Premium American films Family English-language films
The Cruelty of Circumcision Throughout the years‚ many traditions have had their customs and have practiced rituals and beliefs. Many of these practices have been harmless and focused more on spiritual lifestyles‚ while others have gone to the extremes in human sacrifice‚ including mutilation of a human being. Many have gone to the extremes as to mutilate the human body to please a superior being. When it comes to circumcision‚ males have been known to undergo such process in stories of the Bible
Premium Penis Female genital cutting
Century audience. Since film has the ability to reach a mass audience a more modernized version of Shakespeare’s play was created -“10 things I hate about you”‚ directed by Gil Junger. Although different in its appropriation‚ by comparing‚ -‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘10 Things I hate about you’ it is evident that the modern appropriation ’10 things I hate about you’ is successful in shaping the understanding of a modern day audience‚ so that they can further understand and appreciate the original plays
Premium The Taming of the Shrew
Graduation of Innocence Graduation‚ or moving up to the next level of life‚ always comes with a wonderful and grand commencement ceremony‚ but many times the graduation is as quiet and seemingly just as natural as any other normal day. In the autobiographical essay‚ "The Graduation‚" Maya Angelou uses three incredibly effective rhetorical strategies to get her point across- detailed comparisons and contrasts‚ a very expressive voice‚ and a wonderful flow to her sentences that keeps the story interesting-
Premium Graduation Racism