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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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    In act 2 scene 2‚ straight after the traitorous and evil deed is carried out‚ Macbeth is instantly filled with the feelings of guilt and regret. “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” This shows the sickly and horrible feelings of remorse have immediately entered his mind and despite Macbeth being a strong‚ noble and brave soldier in battle‚ he cannot withstand the distress and misery that this treason has brought on his poisoned conscience. This quote shows Macbeth

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    marry Romeo. Act 2Scene 5 is an important aspect of “Romeo and Juliet” because it is an essential part of the rising action and introduces the characters personalities. This scene is crucial to the audience because it gives characterization to Juliet and makes her disposition clear to the audience. An example of the important characterization is when the scene shows the extreme impatience of

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    Hamlet: Act 2 Scene 2 - Compare Hamlet’s Reaction to Arrival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and To the Players Yin Choi Compare Hamlet’s reaction to the arrival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with his reaction to the arrival of the Playyers. Account for his reactions. By comparing Hamlet’s reaction to the arrival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with his reaction to the arrival of the Players‚ we can observe the different perspectives of Hamlet’s character. His reaction to the arrival of

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    In comparison‚ Taming of the Shrew play and 10 Things I hate about You film both share similarities and differences. The relationship between Kat and Pat is a lot different than Kate and Petruchio between both titles. The similarities between how they tame Kate and the differences between the woman’s roles. Patrick and Petruchio are the ones to ‘tame the shrew’. Patrick’s is seen as Kat’s peer‚ while Petruchio is more of Katherine’s master. Petruchio had starved and wouldn’t let Katherine sleep

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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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    ACT 2 SCENE 3 SUMMARY Romeo goes to Friar Lawrance’s cell to talk. Friar Lawrence was collecting herbs and talking about how herbs and plants have the potential to be healing and medicinal‚ but if they’re misused‚ they can be deadly poison. He looks at Romeo and notices that loverboy hasn’t ‘’been in bed tonight’’ and assumes taht he was with Rosaline. He also notices that Romeo is cheerful. Romeo tells about his love to Juliet and want Friar Lawrence to marry them. Friar decides to help Romeo

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    Act 1 Act One‚ Scene One Orlando is in the orchard of his brother’s house speaking with Adam‚ an old servant of the family. Orlando complains about the way his eldest brother Oliver treats him. Since Oliver is the eldest brother‚ he inherited all of Sir Rowland De Bois’ estate as well as the responsibility for taking care of his younger brothers. Orlando is upset that he is kept away from school and forced to work with the animals at home. The see Oliver coming and Adam quickly hides. Oliver arrives

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    Juliet goes through a wide range of emotions in Act 2 Scene 2. At first‚ she sighs and says‚ "ay me" showing that she is wistful‚ dreamy and obviously thinking about Romeo. Juliet gets annoyed with the whole situation as she is thinking aloud to herself about how unfortunately she is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague. "Deny thy father‚ and refuse thy name; Or‚ if thou will not‚ be but sworn my love‚ And I’ll no longer be a Capulet." This shows her desperation and frustration with the circumstances

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    the word shrew as a replacement for Kate’s name in order to fit her into the cultural expectations of women at the time. Though the word shrew appears in the title of the play‚ the word itself only appears a handful of times in characters’ lines. Rather than appearing as an alternative name for Katherine‚ it usually occurs when someone refers to Katherine’s attitude or actions as “shrewd” (1.1.174). One of the only times that the word “shrew” appears in its noun form happens at the end of act 4‚ scene

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