The Taming of the Shrew and Ten Things I hate about You In the Shakespeare`s summarized version of play The Taming of the Shrew we travel approximately four hundred years back in time during the growing period of Renaissance and the reign of the Queen of England‚ Elizabeth I‚ where Shakespeare shows us the dominance of men in relation to women‚ with setting in Padua (current Italy) while the movie Ten Things I hate about You‚ successfully updated version of The Taming of The Shrew adapted to contemporary
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It is not at all certain that Kate is tamed by her husband; rather through the situations he involves her in‚ she develops‚ moving from a selfish girl lashing out in defence against her father’s favouritism‚ to a more mature woman who finally sees adult life is made of compromises. Many critics see Act IV‚ Scene 5 as marking the point of Kate’s defeat. In reality‚ she is not defeated at all. The game which she has played expertly up until the time of her marriage (getting her way through ranting
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Things I Hate About You". 10 Things is basically a modern day cliche romance where boy meets girl‚ boy and girl fall in love‚ something comes between them and in the end they reunite. Add a few Shakespear-ish names‚ a few Shakespear quotes‚ and you get "10 Things I Hate About You". Now I’m not saying "10 Things" is a bad movie‚ but its a much weaker‚ tamer version of "Taming of The Shrew". They share only the initial set-up and can hardly be called the same story. In the begining of "10 Things.." the
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Shakespeare Sonnets: Love‚ Friendship‚ and Marriage Most of what we look for today in our romantic relationships comes from the writings of Shakespeare with stories and characters he would create. “In the sonnets‚ 1-126‚ we see a growing friendship with the young man and the development of an intensity of feeling”(NSS). So we understand his sonnets as a true story of the evolution of love as he was going through it. But‚ throughout his sonnets 30‚ 55‚ and 116 we see his most apparent examples
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The story of The Taming of the Shrew is one that raises important issues both in the Shakespearean text and in the modern appropriation 10 Things I Hate About You. How does each composer’s use of this story reflect the time in which each was composed" The Taming of the Shrew was written in the Elizabethan Era in England at a time when men were considered to be superior to women. The patriarchal society of this time is reflected to a large extent in the text and various implications of traditional
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Shakespeare’s definitions of Love and Lust 	When there are women and an omnipotent force to procreate there will be a number of resources that a man will use in order to attract the opposite sex. Often with the use of the notorious whistle/mating call‚ the perpetual use of lies about income‚ the stench of musk cologne‚ or the ever-popular use of the love poem‚ men strive to appeal to women with the intent to see his way to her heart. William Shakespeare‚ a man who‚ based on his works‚ was
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Synthesis Paper “A Quest for Love” Love controls our lives Love fuels our passions and beholds our hearts Love is pure Love is driven Love never judges Love only listens to our desires as they course through our blood As love works its spell of bewitchment upon us Rather we read Bronte‚ Tolstoy‚ Austin‚ or Shakespeare‚ there is one common thread among our favorite classic writers‚ and that is the theme of love. Love has been written about for centuries and for
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Shakespeare’s View on Love Shakespeare’s plays are very drastic with how he ties love into them. Shakespeare always adds comedy or tragedy to any romance that might be taking place. For example in Twelfth Night‚ As You like It and Romeo and Juliet there is romance but he also puts comedy in there so love is not that easy. In the play Othello he makes it into a tragedy which makes the love even harder to take place. Shakespeare has always found a way to make love as complicated as he can which
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In the movie‚ the characters that resemble those of the play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ have many similarities and many differences from the characters in the play. Also‚ the setting of the movie is very different from that of the play. The two characters I chose from the movie were Cameron and Joey Donnor. The character of Cameron from “10 Things I Hate About You” resembles the character Lucentio from the play. I believe that these two characters are very different from each other. The character
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Love and Lust in Shakespeare’ sonnets Shakespeare’ sonnets are on a variety of themes such as time‚ love‚ gender‚ politics‚ sexuality‚ law‚ methaphysics and many others. They express strong feelings and strong arguments. However shakespeare struggle with love and lust is evident in his sonnets. Troughout the reading of Shakespeare’ sonnets I can persieve that he is a profound admirer of beuty; and he persieves beuty of different ways. There are some kinds of beuty that he considers good
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